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overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown

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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 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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good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

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to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

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strategist; tactician; schemer

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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 want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

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Liu Bei (161-223)

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

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three; 3

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to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about

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thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

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Koumei

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retainer; subject; vassal; servant

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

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to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into

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since; henceforth

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pair; the two; both persons; both things

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reliance; trust; faith; confidence

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every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

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to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

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to show in; to usher in

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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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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

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to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

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after

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myself; yourself; I; me; you

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pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

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relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

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fish

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water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

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

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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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like; as if; the same as

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or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

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

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to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

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necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

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in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

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be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

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new; fresh; novel

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head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

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moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)

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