Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor

Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty; posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama

henchmen

tail feathers

to molt; to change feathers

to shed feathers; to molt (of birds)

(literary) (lit.) to cripple the wings of a bird; (literary) (fig.) depressed; despondent; defeated

Lu Yu (733-804), Chinese writer from Tang dynasty, known for his obsession with tea

pinion

the poisonous feathers of the legendary bird Zhen 鴆|鸩

lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole

Kashiwasaki Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟

pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la

radiation plume