- (idiom) to have a well-thought-out plan in mind
- to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work)
- armored horses; crack horsemen
- city wall
- brave; courageous
- to volunteer for military service; to offer oneself for an assignment
- timidity; timid; cowardly
- trembling; rustling
- moat (surrounding the city wall)
- drawbridge; suspension bridge
- at the gallop
- long-time; long-term; lasting; enduring; permanent; for a long time
- to admire; to look up to; to respect sb greatly
- empty; deserted
- to flutter; to sway
- mail plating; armor; armor plating
- guard (i.e. group of soldiers)
- usual; customary
- like the clouds in the sky (i.e. numerous)
- to die (in an accident etc); to have one's life cut short
- to lead military operations with extraordinary skill
- blood relation; kin; one's flesh and blood
- 中伏 zhōng fú: 中伏 zhong1 fu2: the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year中伏 zhòng fú: 中伏 zhong4 fu2: to be ambushed
- the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush); double bluff
- persevering; tenacious
- decisive; brave
- to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet; (baseball) to put out (a baserunner)
- youngest son; very young son
- prince
- delighted; with great joy; in high spirits
- to pay a visit; to call on