watchful waiting; careful supervision
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
shout of victory; cry of triumph
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
to burst (open); to break; to split
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
bet; wager; stake; gamble
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
to rank with; to rank among
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
the entire strength; all hands; all the members
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath; to breathe fire; to spit fire
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
distant; remote; isolated
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
drawing a sword; drawn sword
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
fall; drop; descent; coming down
(right at the) side; just beside
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
to have no chance (of succeeding)