China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
(arch.) switch (long, tender shoot of a plant); switch (cane used for flogging)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
great emperor; ... the Great
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
survival; survivor; relic
Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
a follower; yield allegiance to
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
under control (e.g. of territory)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
Former Han dynasty (China, 206 BCE-9 CE); Western Han dynasty
Wu (Chinese emperor); Butei
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to repeat; to do something over again
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting
Wang Mang (45 BCE - 23 CE), Chinese emperor
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation