confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
fine (grain, workmanship, etc.); close (weave); delicate; precise; accurate; careful
to compose; to put together
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
Minister of War (Zhou dynasty China)
(great mental) resources; quick brain; resourcefulness; good wits
Lu Bu (?-199 AD; Chinese general)
to find useful; to think highly of
the times; the world; society
self-examination; reflection
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
possession; retention; maintenance; holding; keeping
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
worldly desires; materialistic desires
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
and so; therefore; for that reason
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; last-ditch effort
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning