半路杀出个程咬金

lit. Cheng Yaojin ambushes the enemy (saying) / fig. sb shows up unexpectedly and disrupts the plan / sb whose presence is regarded as irksome

half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half

halfway / midway / on the way

surname Lu

road / CL:條|条[tiao2] / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind

to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely

to go out / to come out / to occur / to produce / to go beyond / to rise / to put forth / to happen / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)

used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]

variant of 個|个[ge4]

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) / (bound form) individual

rule / order / regulations / formula / journey / procedure / sequence

to bite / to nip

variant of 咬[yao3]

Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知節|程知节[Cheng2 Zhi1 jie2], Chinese general of the Tang dynasty

surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)

gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]