staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
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
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
dozens; scores of; decades
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
spirit; heart; disposition
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
matter of time; question of time
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me