- will; willpower; determination
- strength
- on the one hand
- to recover; to recuperate
- 打 dá: 打 da2: (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]打 dǎ: 打 da3: a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")
- to involve; to drag in
- all sides; all aspects; multifaceted
- to worry about personal gains and losses
- lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom); to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
- for a time; at one time; one time; once
- north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
- to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)
- to prevent; to block
- posthumous name given to the second emperor of a dynasty; King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367–1422), reigned 1400–1418
- frequency; frequently; repetitious
- why not?; why not do (sth)?
- old fox; slick customer
- Your Majesty; His or Her Majesty
- hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly
- to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
- up until now; so far
- emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- in command of the army
- the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
- passion; fervor; enthusiasm; strong emotion
- brain; mind; head; essence
- to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus
- to exclude; not including sth (when counting or listing); except for
- the slightest amount or degree; a bit
- unsuitable; improper; inappropriate
- to contain; to accumulate
- to turn around in one's hands; to play with; to fiddle with
- to draw on (others' experience); to learn from (how others do things); lesson to be learned (by observing others)
- 制 zhì: 制 zhi4: system; to control; to regulate制 zhì: 制 zhi4: to manufacture; to make
- (bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist; to withstand
- “Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sima Rangju 司馬穰苴|司马穰苴[Si1 ma3 Rang2 ju1]
- rather; quite; to have much