- to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed
- original
- special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex
- lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently; to know sth inside out; to know sth by heart
- 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
- pike; CL:支[zhi1]
- to research carefully; to study intensively
- know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])
- to be born; (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc); (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn); bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
- an era; an age; a generation
- the most
- to put emphasis on; to stress
- wife's parents' home
- the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
- Yang Ye (died 986), Chinese military general of the Northern Han and the Northern Song dynasties, defended the Song against invasion by the Liao 遼|辽[Liao2]
- two-character surname Huyan
- within; less than
- 火星 Hǔo xīng: 火星 Huo3 xing1: Mars (planet)火星 hǔo xīng: 火星 huo3 xing1: spark (from a fire)
- to splash; to spatter
- ashen-faced (idiom)
- to shout (slogans etc)
- key information; instructions; it must be borne in mind
- tactic of several persons or groups taking turns to fight one opponent; tag-team attack
- (Buddhism) Dharma wheel – symbol of Buddhist teaching and its spread
- goodbye; see you again later
- gap; unoccupied space or time; fig. gap; loophole
- (usu. pejorative) conduct; behavior; act; path; trail
- 旗 qí: 旗 qi2: flag旗 qí: 旗 qi2: banner; flag; (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2]); administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county; CL:面[mian4]
- outstanding military service
- to be good at; to be expert in
- elbow; pork shoulder
- to rescue; to help out of difficulties; to save the situation
- to stand; to have a footing; to be established; to base oneself on
- (college, university) president; headmaster; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- to raise one's head; to perk up
- to hate and resent; angry and full of grievances