(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
aggression; invasion; raid
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
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to challenge (a person) to a fight
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
troubled times; turbulent times
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
family; relatives; dependents; household
government forces; loyalist army
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to come to an end; to close the curtain
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
wealth, prosperity, and arrogant splendor (splendour); (living sumptuously) intoxicated by wealth and power; luxury
rebel; traitor; insurgent
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
really; truly; indeed; good grief
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)