head; lead; vanguard; first
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
like this; in this way; as you see
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
direct control; direct supervision
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
simultaneous; all at once
both armies; both teams; both sides
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to start (an argument, a battle, etc.)
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
baton (of command); order; command; direction
isolation; being alone; being friendless
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
great mountain; large mountain
writing oneself; self-recording
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
battle standard raised next to the horse of a commander
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one