going straight on; going straight ahead
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
population (of animals, etc.); population size; number of individuals
estimate (of costs); budget
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
group; party; team; squad; section
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to give directions; to issue instructions
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
reaching; attaining; arrival
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
secret; private; surreptitious
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement