Sichuan (province in China); Shu; Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in ancient China (-316 BCE)
riparian works; flood-control works
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
mizuchi; mythical dragon-like beast
river management; river improvement; flood control
mouth; speech; counter for people or implements
noted doctor; excellent physician
founder of medical science
correspondence; being in accordance with; anaphora
medical care; medical treatment
India; cotton sheeting; foreign; imported; ultra-spicy; extra hot
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army
the eight precepts (the five precepts with the addition of prohibitions against lying in a luxurious bed, self-decoration, song and dance, and eating after noon)
bamboo screen; rattan blind
Sha Wujing; Sandy (character from the Chinese novel Journey to the West)
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
smuggling oneself out of a country
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism