- a book on the art of war
- nothing can be done (about it)
- slave
- prisoner
- forms of versification; conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition; metrical verse
- 厂 hǎn: 厂 han3: "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc厂 chǎng: 厂 chang3: factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant
- confused; disorderly; incoherent
- to not know what sb is driving at; to be unintelligible
- to write without basis
- incoherent speech; to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)
- puzzle; mystery
- at intervals of; every (so often)
- to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across
- to link up (disparate elements); coherent (narrative, argument etc)
- 习 xí: 习 xi2: (bound form) to practice; to study; habit; custom习 Xí: 习 Xi2: surname Xi
- posthumous writing; testament; suicide note; ancient literature
- to exclaim in admiration; a gasp of surprise
- to acclaim; to sing the praises of
- ability and wisdom
- to lead military operations with extraordinary skill
- to continue; to replenish
- to rob a tomb
- to collate; to proofread
- to rummage; to look through; to leaf through
- 历年 lì nián: 历年 li4 nian2: calendar year历年 lì nián: 历年 li4 nian2: over the years; bygone years
- secret agent; detective; covert investigator
- remains (of a dead person)
- grand; prosperous; ceremonious; solemn
- to construct; to build
- ancestral hall; temple to one's forebears
- hat and clothes; attire
- personal effects (of the deceased); artifacts; relics; (biological) remains
- eager to; in a hurry to