- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- day; sky; heaven
- (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- to defeat; to smash; to rout
- 宁 zhù: 宁 zhu4: to store; to stand; space between the door and the entrance screen宁 Níng: 宁 Ning2: abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]; surname Ning宁 níng: 宁 ning2: peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)宁 nìng: 宁 ning4: would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]
- 王 wáng: 王 wang2: king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great王 wàng: 王 wang4: (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)王 Wáng: 王 Wang2: surname Wang
- several tens of thousands; many thousand
- elite troops
- a move; an action; in one move; at a stroke; in one go
- to crush; to smash; to shatter
- to premeditate; to plot
- to seize the throne
- large scale program of lasting importance; project of paramount importance; to think big; annual national audit
- 南 nán: 南 nan2: south南 Nán: 南 Nan2: surname Nan南 nā: 南 na1: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]; Taiwan pr. [na2]
- abbr. for Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]; Gan River in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]
- to send armed forces to suppress
- to go on a punitive expedition
- to think; to consider
- 田 Tián: 田 Tian2: surname Tian田 tián: 田 tian2: field; farm; CL:片[pian4]
- 更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- to embody; to reflect; to incarnate
- to comfort; to console; to stroke; to caress; an old term for province or provincial governor
- 剿 chāo: 剿 chao1: to plagiarize剿 jiǎo: 剿 jiao3: to destroy; to extirpate
- civil and military
- 将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- 兵家 Bīng jiā: 兵家 Bing1 jia1: the School of the Military, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)兵家 bīng jiā: 兵家 bing1 jia1: military strategist in ancient China; military commander; soldier
- trickery; tactics
- to rise; to go up; to ascend
- heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
- namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- 术 zhú: 术 zhu2: various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea术 shù: 术 shu4: method; technique
- a mixture; an amalgam; fusion; welding together; to be in harmony with (nature); to harmonize with; to fit in
- to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]); Buddhism
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- best feature; most important part of an object; quintessence; essence; soul
- to break; to smash
- to become rigid
- government; official (approved or issued by an authority)
- ideology
- 程 chéng: 程 cheng2: rule; order; regulations; formula; journey; procedure; sequence程 Chéng: 程 Cheng2: surname Cheng
- 朱 Zhū: 朱 Zhu1: surname Zhu朱 zhū: 朱 zhu1: vermilion朱 zhū: 朱 zhu1: (bound form) cinnabar
- 理学 Lǐ xué: 理学 Li3 xue2: School of Principle; Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢[Cheng2 Hao4], Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐[Cheng2 Yi2] and Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 xi1])理学 lǐ xué: 理学 li3 xue2: science
- stereotypical pattern; rut