- stupid; slow on the uptake
- changeable; changing; varied; full of changes
- grain; food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain
- appliance; tool; weapon; shackles; also pr. [jie4]
- busy; bustling
- to cross (the wide ocean)
- bitter cold
- (idiom) barren land; desert
- (political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)
- to point out; to remind (sb of sth); to suggest; suggestion; tip; reminder; notice
- enemy troops; hostile forces; CL:股[gu3]
- to resign a government post
- to report (news); report; CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4]
- beggar (old term); same as 花子
- simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
- to enquire; to search
- to lead troups; (fig.) to lead; leading
- special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex
- 白云 bái yún: 白云 bai2 yun2: white cloud白云 Bái yún: 白云 Bai2 yun2: see 白雲區|白云区[Bai2 yun2 Qu1]
- whereabouts; to drop; to fall
- (onom.) bang
- to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; undisturbed; peaceful
- to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up
- troops; subordinates; (honorific appellation for a general)
- from childhood; from a young age
- to console
- in the evening; when night falls; towards evening; at night fall; at dusk
- drought
- “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 Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3]
- great-grandfather; (old) grandfather; father
- military strategy; military tactics; originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and Three Strategies 三略[San1 lu:e4]
- suddenly; abruptly
- battle formation
- to light a lamp; to raise a lantern
- ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale