elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
(your) daughter; young woman
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
table of contents; contents
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
Sun Tzu (Chinese general and strategist, 544-496 BCE)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
now; the present time; just now; another; more
troubled times; turbulent times
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
military personnel; soldier
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...