Seven Warring States (Chinese history); Seven Kingdoms
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
family; relatives; dependents; household
Guo Jia (2nd century CE Chinese commander)
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
criticism; commentary; review
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
fortress; stronghold; citadel
town; city; municipal; urban
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
in comparison to; rather than
gaiters; leggings; puttees
footwear; footgear; shoes
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
considerably; greatly; a lot
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit