乘

surname Cheng

to ride / to mount / to make use of / to avail oneself of / to take advantage of / to multiply (math.) / Buddhist sect or creed

four horse military chariot (archaic) / four (archaic) / generic term for history books

old variant of 乘[cheng2]

(archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books

north / (classical) to be defeated

cereal / grain

attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc

first-class / best quality / also pr. [shang4 sheng4]

service (on a train, a plane etc)

to cool off in the shade

to take advantage of sb's precarious position

(math.) to exponentiate; to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation; power

while in high spirits / feeling upbeat / on an impulse

to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom) / to take sb by surprise

(math.) multiplied with

to follow up a victory / to pursue retreating enemy

to follow up a victory and press home the attack / to pursue retreating enemy

to seize the opportunity / to strike while the iron is hot

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