- might; power and influence
- to weaken; to impair; to cripple
- title of king; kingship
- to usurp; to seize
- son, esp. the eldest son, of the wife (contrasted with 庶子[shu4 zi3])
- knight-errant
- diner (in a restaurant etc); hanger-on; sponger
- insect that eats into books, clothing etc; moth-eaten; worm-eaten
- totally
- freak; abnormal embryo; fetus with deformity
- nightmare
- to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory); to give advice (idiom)
- to soak; to dip
- to tear; to rip
- veil
- (idiom) true colors; true features; original appearance
- to fight over; to contest; to vie over
- surveyor's rod; staff; staff gauge; rear sight
- a man; a male
- to calculate; to compute; to consider; to think over; to plot; to scheme
- to treat
- limousine; luxury carriage
- coffin
- (bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yao3]); (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant
- (bound form) to sell; to retail; (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
- to detest
- cold-hearted; unfeeling; callous
- lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom); fig. extremely common; easily available
- not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked; without a stitch of clothing; in one's birthday suit
- egoism
- not a word or movement (idiom); remaining calm and collected; not batting an eyelid
- sheep; lamb
- Hannibal (name); Hannibal Barca (247-183 BC), Carthaginian general
- doctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade; (old) court academician
- bloody; blood-soaked; gory; grisly; cruel; brutal; harsh; grim; bitter
- lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom); fig. each tries to outwit the other; deceit and treachery
- to observe and emulate; to study (esp. following sb's example)
- superior by a notch; a cut above; even better
- throughout time; from ancient times (up to the present)