profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
explanation; interpretation
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
around the end of (a period of time)
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
barony of the first degree; influential feudal clan
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
annexation; merger; swallowing up
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to hate each other; to hate mutually
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
dungeon; underground prison
loyal retainer; loyal subject
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
to be absorbed in; to lose oneself to; to disguise oneself as; to adorn oneself
imprisonment; incarceration
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to present; to offer; to dedicate
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization