（边）塞  (biān) sài，noun, frontier fortress

翁  wēng，noun, old man

失（去）shī (qù)，verb, to lose

焉  yān，adv, how?

福  fú, noun, blessing

穷  qióng，adj, poor

独子  dúzǐ，noun, the only son

匹  pǐ，measureword for horse and cloth

心爱  xīn’ài，adj, beloved

逃  táo，verb, to escape

马厩  mǎjiù，noun, stables

附近  fùjìn, noun, nearby places

山麓  shānlù, noun phrase, the foot of a mountain

邻人  lín rén，noun, neighbor(s)

同情  tóngqíng，verb, to sympathize

不幸  búxìng，adj, unfortunate

纷纷  fēnfēn，adv, one after another

安慰  ānwèi，verb, to comfort

却  què，but (always follows the subject)

果然  guǒrán， conjunction, as expected; sure enough

同时  tóngshí，conjunction, at the same time

野  yě，adj, wild

镇  zhèn，noun, town

恭喜  gōngxǐ，verb, to congratulate

运气  yùnqì，noun, luck

犹  yóu，adv, still

不小心  bù xiǎoxīn，adv, by accident

摔  shuāi， verb, to fall

竟（然）jìng (rán), adv, unexpectedly

跌  diē, verb, to fall

断  duàn, verb, to broke into half

瘸子  quézi，noun, cripple

意外  yìwài，noun, accident

跛子  bǒzi，noun, cripple

事隔不久  shì gé bùjiǔ，soon afterwards

征召  zhēngzhào，verb, to recruit

健壮  jiànzhuàng，adj, healthy and strong

青年  qīngnián, noun, youth; young man

战场  zhànchǎng，noun, battlefield

打仗  dǎzhàng，verb, to fight (in war)

输  shū，verb, to lose (in a game, war, etc.)

士兵  shìbīng, noun, soldiers

阵亡  zhènwáng，verb, to be killed in the war

村子  cūnzi，noun, village

唯一  wéiyī，adj, the only

幸存  xìngcún  adj, survivable; verb, to survive after an accident, natural disaster, war, etc.

年轻  niánqīng, adj, young

跛脚  bǒjiǎo，adj, lame

残废  cánfèi，adj, handicapped

躲过一劫  duǒguò yì jié，verb, to be saved by the bell