in history; ever; historical
preliminary test or trial; tryout
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm
rotten smell; putrid odor
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
to forget completely; to leave behind
heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
lack of relation (to); independence (of)
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
split; division; break up
to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves
roaming; drifting about; wandering
alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty); (tactic of) making and breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to continue (going along some trend)
few decades; many decades; several decades
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
much less; to say nothing of
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement