1.succession struggle2.dispute over inheritance
the joy of matrimony (polite phrase referring to a young woman)
1.to put into action2.to transform into acts
vulgar style (used of items to be censored)
rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 in 548
1.lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation2.dire straits
the music of former kings
Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·威廉·福克纳[wēi lián fú kè nà])
xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[shēn bù hài]
1.to make a conscious effort2.to do something deliberately
undecided between taking and leaving
in the Name of the Father (in Christian worship)
1.meanwhile2.at the same time
1.before then2.up until that point
Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)
extraordinarily beautiful music
1.undefiled (girl)2.virgin3.(of computer system) clean4.uncorrupted+1 条 91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft
1.bedroom matters2.sexual intercourse
1.to put strings on the zither, then play it (line from a Ming dynasty text by 刘伯温[liú bó wēn])2.(fig.) to play music
Deutsche Welle, German publicly-operated international broadcaster
1.terminal illness2.incurable condition (also fig.)
to love sb (or sth) as one loves life itself
Ōnin war 1467-1477 between factions of Ashikaga shogunate
1.a work in a classic style2.a pastiche
Battle of Baiju (506 BC), in which Wu 吴[wú] scored a crushing victory over Chu 楚[chǔ]
(philosophy) radical evil
Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), or Mother of All Bombs, a powerful American bomb
Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP), or Father of All Bombs, a powerful Russian bomb
useless person (originally from Zhuangzi's "A Happy Excursion" 逍遥游)
to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision
Doll's House (1879), drama by Ibsen 易卜生
1.the foremost person of his age2.unequalled3.a leading light
1.physical pain2.lit. skin and flesh suffer
to know very little about