- cirrus (cloud)
- to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus
- to revolve; to rotate; to turn around; to turn back; to go back; to return; (skiing) slalom
- to whip; to lash; to flog; to thrash
- antiquity
- lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 jian4], in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom); fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
- phase diagram (math.); phase portrait
- Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods); Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms
- Wu Zixu (–484 BC), Chu-born strategist for Wu. After the King of Chu executed his family, he fled to Wu and masterminded Wu's invasion of Chu (506 BC), destroying its capital in a campaign that doubled as personal vengeance.
- to take orders; to receive commands; to carry on (a tradition)
- Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
- work or plans left as a legacy; the views of the departed; posthumous orders or teachings
- to train; to drill; training; CL:個|个[ge4]
- elite (e.g. troops); crack; best quality personnel
- King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
- depressed; sulky; moody; unhappy
- Yue state; generic term for states in south China or southeast Asia at different historical periods
- girl; young lady
- swordsmanship
- exquisite; fine and delicate (usu. of works of art)
- to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching
- with this; thereby; thus; because of this
- common boundary; common border
- virgin; maiden; maiden (voyage etc); virgin (land); (a novelist's) first (work)
- to go into battle
- to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
- useful
- 名家 Míng jiā: 名家 Ming2 jia1: School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), also called the School of Names名家 míng jiā: 名家 ming2 jia1: renowned expert; master (of an art or craft)
- to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 嫌犯[xian2 fan4], criminal suspect
- not enough; insufficient; inadequate
- quick and skillful; agile
- to soar; to glide; (slang) shit
- Tang dynasty (618-907)
- according to; basis; foundation
- the gist (of a text or argument); the main points
- to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation
- to accumulate; to hold in store; to contain; to gather together; to collect; depth; inner strength; profundity
- complicated; complex
- level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge); (archaic) to pay a visit to sb
- extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional
- nickname
- marvelous; mysterious; profound; marvel; wonder