- to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale
- pus
- Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography
- Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
- to hint at; to imply; sth hidden
- to serve as a sacrificial victim; to suffer for sb else; scapegoat; to share sb's fate
- pragmatism
- not well; out of sorts; in a bad mood; without discrepancy; accurate
- to deal with concrete matters; pragmatic
- term; terminology
- to delete
- in no way; not in the least; absolutely not
- grandiose but impractical (idiom); large but of no real use
- valley; ravine
- 布 bù: 布 bu4: to announce; to spread布 bù: 布 bu4: cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known
- forest; CL:片[pian4]
- (of troops) to march
- tactics
- to be used for
- to use violence to curb violence
- 同心 tóng xīn: 同心 tong2 xin1: to be of one mind; united; concentric同心 Tóng xīn: 同心 Tong2 xin1: see 同心縣|同心县[Tong2 xin1 Xian4]
- 帅 Shuài: 帅 Shuai4: surname Shuai帅 shuài: 帅 shuai4: (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- 伊 yī: 伊 yi1: (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that; (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4]); (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3])伊 Yī: 伊 Yi1: surname Yi
- 尹 Yǐn: 尹 Yin3: surname Yin尹 yǐn: 尹 yin3: (literary) to administer; to govern; (bound form) governor; prefect; magistrate (official title in imperial times)
- to seize; to usurp
- to read and reread sth until one is familiar with it
- 义 Yì: 义 Yi4: surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])义 yì: 义 yi4: justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship
- thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal
- to put effort into sth; to try really hard
- diligent; industrious (in one's studies); to study hard; to make great effort
- to pursue greedily; to crave
- art of politics; political tricks (often derog.); power play; to play at politics; underhand trickery
- to go against; to be contrary to; to violate
- tallest; highest; supreme (court etc)
- the most
- to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
- artistic skill
- to concentrate fully on sth; single-minded