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prime minister (in ancient China)

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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

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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assassination

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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

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seal of blood; sealing with one's blood

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form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

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to have one's name entered (in a list)

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Liu Bei (161-223)

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Gentoku

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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.

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to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

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good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

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oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

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command; direction

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Xuzhou (China)

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to; towards; for

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large army

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to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

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Chouhi

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to avoid misfortune; to escape danger

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to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

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new wife

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together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

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the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

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hegemony

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to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

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ambition; aspiration

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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

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big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

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leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress

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be; is

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thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp

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state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear

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troubled times; turbulent times

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

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comparatively; relatively

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wars; disturbances

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few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

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plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

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viceroy; governor-general

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natural virtue; personal virtue

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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

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existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

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to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

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many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

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