- region; area
- to take to the woods to become an outlaw; (dialect) to be born (Etymology: in former times, a bed of straw or grass was used as padding during childbirth)
- to pass away; to die
- secret society; underworld gang
- to tidy up; to reorganize; to consolidate; to rectify
- heroes
- loyal and righteous; fealty; loyalty
- 士 Shì: 士 Shi4: surname Shi士 shì: 士 shi4: member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker
- 归 gūi: 归 gui1: to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor归 Gūi: 归 Gui1: surname Gui
- fame and power; prestige; influence; impetus; momentum
- fleet horse
- to search; to look for; to seek
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
- peer competition; to function as rivals; to make claims as an equal
- a rank growth of grass; uncultivated land; wilderness
- to keep in mind constantly (idiom)
- 卫国 Wèi gúo: 卫国 Wei4 guo2: state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhou卫国 wèi gúo: 卫国 wei4 guo2: to defend one's country
- to attack the enemy
- native country; one's homeland
- frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- to send (on a mission); to dispatch
- troops under one's command; subordinate; affiliated to a ministry
- old name of Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1]
- to guard; to watch over
- jailer (old)
- to be on friendly terms
- personal effects (of the deceased); artifacts; relics; (biological) remains
- art of war; military strategy and tactics
- posthumous writing; testament; suicide note; ancient literature
- to toss about in bed; from person to person; indirectly; to wander
- to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around
- imperial palace
- information; news; message; text message; SMS
- this or that very day; in the next few days
- lit. the whole nest came out (to fight us); a turnout in full force (of a gang of villains)
- night
- effortless; not expending the slightest effort
- to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber
- 当晚 dàng wǎn: 当晚 dang4 wan3: the same evening当晚 dāng wǎn: 当晚 dang1 wan3: on that evening
- Xihu or West lake (place name); West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang; Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan