to run about; to rush about
cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person
male; man; excellence; greatness; best (of)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
in succession; one by one
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
government forces; loyalist army
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to be like-minded; to have the same goal
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
recklessness; daredevilry; rashness; (arch.) long-lasting
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts