锋

point of a spear / edge of a tool / vanguard / forward (in sports team)

to butt (as horned animals)

Character component without intrinsic meaning

cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool

vanguard / front line / a forward (sports)

vanguard / pioneer / avant-garde

submachine gun

to charge / to assault / assault

to cross swords / to have a confrontation (with sb)

midfielder / center (basketball) / center forward (hockey, football)

to charge and break through enemy lines

vanguard

avant-garde

cold front (meteorology)

first sign of budding talent / to display one's ability for the first time

to strive

oblique attack (brush movement in painting)

brush stroke to the side (calligraphy) / fig. side stroke / lateral thinking

Uzi (submachine gun)

to push oneself forward / to seek fame / to be in the limelight

Jian Zoupianfeng, pseudonym of prolific modern novelist

the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom) / fig. unexpected winning move / unconventional gambit

Hua Guofeng (1921-2008), CCP Chairman 1976-1981