- alternately; repeatedly
- suffering; misery; hardship
- to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight
- to promote; to enhance; to further; to advance (a cause etc)
- meaning of a word
- silly; stupid
- to make up for an earlier mistake; to make amends
- to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again
- after the event
- able to; so that sb can; enabling; in order to; finally in a position to; with sth in view
- to regret
- barefoot; barefooted
- to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit; bound
- 11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
- here; this place
- appropriate; proper
- to realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself); responsible; predisposed to do the right thing; considerate of others
- rude and unreasonable
- to counter accusations; to protest; to remonstrate; to retort; to plead; to demur; a plea (of not guilty); a defense (against an allegation); to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court)
- lictor
- to serve; to wait upon
- to look anxious (idiom); to look miserable
- Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December
- oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning
- to retreat; to withdraw troops; to recall troops; fig. to finish work; to wind up; to call it a day; used with negatives: the task is far from over
- cold winter
- warm; to warm
- escape route; retreat route; communication lines to the rear; alternative course of action; room for maneuver
- at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary
- the way back; return route
- (military) reinforcements
- the few are no match for the many; heavily outnumbered; facing impossible odds (idiom)
- foreign country; alien land
- 匹 pǐ: 匹 pi3: (bound form) matching; comparable to; (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair; classifier for horses, mules etc (Taiwan pr. [pi1]); classifier for cloth: bolt; horsepower匹 pǐ: 匹 pi3: classifier for cloth: bolt
- to pace; to stroll
- tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper
- snowy peak
- to purse; to pucker (up)
- brows
- to level the land; level ground; plain