- lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom); fig. the influence still lingers on; the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive
- desolate; deserted; out-of-the-way
- to sigh; to gasp (in admiration)
- sad; emotional; sentimental; pathos
- still; as before
- chicken stock; chicken soup; (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives)
- sweet-tempered; gentle
- to pour; to deliberate
- 获 hùo: 获 huo4: (literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win获 hùo: 获 huo4: (bound form) to reap; to harvest
- 平定 píng dìng: 平定 ping2 ding4: to pacify平定 Píng dìng: 平定 Ping2 ding4: see 平定縣|平定县[Ping2 ding4 Xian4]
- everybody; everyone; we all
- to congratulate respectfully; to express good wishes
- to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom)
- to turn back; to reverse
- news of sb's death; sad news
- miraculous hands of a healer; highly skilled person; brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋|围棋
- scholar; intellectual; egghead
- to set out (on a campaign); to stand for election; to throw one's cap in the ring
- see 古箏|古筝[gu3 zheng1]
- remote; desolate; far from the city
- to search; to look for
- what kind?; what sort?
- honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible
- (idiom) to illegally take possession of; to appropriate
- (of troops) to march
- to fight a battle; to go to war
- individual; personal; oneself
- to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
- to surpass; better than; superior to
- to fall into
- puzzle; mystery
- to build (housing); to construct; to make
- to build; to construct
- 史 shǐ: 史 shi3: history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China史 Shǐ: 史 Shi3: surname Shi
- to infer; to deduce; to predict; to extrapolate
- luckily; by a fluke