1 on the eve of

2 to be about to

3 to be on the verge of

1 Mandate of Heaven

2 the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC

3 usually written 大運河|大运河[Dà Yùn hé]

1 good luck

1 will

2 shall

3 to use

4 to take

5 to checkmate

6 just a short while ago

7 (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[bǎ])

1 Chiangchun township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tái nán xiàn], Taiwan

1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action

2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation

1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action

2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation

1 original and ingenious (idiom)

2 to show great creativity

1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)

1 great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation