1 old variant of 野[yě]

1 to pass through

2 to traverse

3 to cross

1 generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods

2 abbr. for Vietnam 越南

1 more and more

1 (of an animal) to paw (the ground)

1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)

2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too

1 Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals

2 to collaborate towards a common end

3 in the same boat together

1 lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims

2 starving people fill the land

1 to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader

2 scorched earth policy

1 to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain

2 good at climbing mountains