style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to serve; to work for; to attend
baseball player; ballplayer
occupational ability; function; role
form; method; system; formula
(in) various settings; act to act; place to place
to pile up; to accumulate
common-sense expectation; obvious conclusion; conventional wisdom; received opinion
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
social structure; social organization; fabric of society
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
head; leader; prime minister
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
becoming the objective; setting as a goal
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)
Sichuan (province in China); Shu; Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in ancient China (-316 BCE)
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu