to trudge; to trek; to make an arduous journey on foot over difficult terrain

(bound form) A branch of the [[鲜卑|鮮卑|xian1 bei1]] nomadic people who founded the Northern Wei Dynasty; also used as a two-character surname.

to trudge a long distance; a long and difficult journey

bossy; domineering; arrogant and overbearing; acting in a high-handed and aggressive manner

to cross mountains and wade through water; to travel a long and arduous journey over land and water

Arrogant and domineering; throwing one's weight around; bossy and lawless

A collective term for short comments written on books, calligraphy, or paintings; text written at the front is called [[题|題|ti2]] and text at the back is called [[跋|跋|ba2]]; these notes often describe the creative process, appraisal, or authentication of the work.

describes someone who is overbearing, bossy, and acts in an arbitrary or high-handed manner

A collective term for the introductory and concluding remarks of a book. The [[序|序|xu4]] generally appears at the beginning and the [[跋|跋|ba2]] at the end.

to travel a long distance; a long and arduous journey

to travel across mountains and rivers; describes the hardships of a long and arduous journey

(variant form) to be bossy and high-handed; to act in an unconstrained and overbearing manner

transliterated name of the Bodhisattva of Universal Virtue representing practice and meditation in Mahayana Buddhism

behaving in an arbitrary and overbearing manner; acting high-handedly and trampling on others

behaving in a way that is extremely arrogant, bossy, and overbearing

Khotanese painter during the Sui and early Tang dynasties known as the elder Yuchi

(variant form) a clan of the Xianbei people who founded the Northern Wei dynasty

The Wei dynasty of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)

to be in a difficult situation where it is equally hard to move forward or backward; in a quandary

To be in a difficult situation where both advancing and retreating are problematic; to find oneself in a dilemma or between a rock and a hard place.

to travel over mountains and across rivers; to make a long and difficult trip

A short text written at the end of a book, article, or piece of art that explains the background, offers a critique, or provides scholarly notes.

to come and go frequently; to visit back and forth; (variant form)

(idiom) to be unable to advance or retreat; trapped in a difficult situation where both moving forward and backing out are equally hard

A short comment, critical appraisal, or supplementary note added at the end of a book, article, or painting.