- the key trick; the secret of success
- pore (geology)
- a book; a volume
- book; booklet; classifier for books
- 历年 lì nián: 历年 li4 nian2: calendar year历年 lì nián: 历年 li4 nian2: over the years; bygone years
- dispatch; order
- epigraph; inscription; graffito
- to show forth; to appear as a vivid image; to stand out markedly
- Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan
- shrine; to offer a sacrifice
- non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out; to exterminate; to tear down; to raze
- to make a determined effort
- to enlist; to serve in the army
- desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect
- lair; nest; den; hideout
- to collate; to proofread
- just in case; if by any chance; contingency
- trip; travel; to travel; brigade (army)
- see 宜興市|宜兴市[Yi2 xing1 Shi4]
- old name for Nanjing 南京, esp. during Southern dynasties
- prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner; (old) northern barbarian; slave
- to train troops
- acute
- succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition); posterity
- to encourage; to urge; motivation; incentive
- soldier; private (army)
- desert; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (literary) bloodbath; carnage
- palace courtyard
- 圣 kū: 圣 ku1: (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)圣 shèng: 圣 sheng4: (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred