to strike, to hit, to ram

心情沉重地怀念(死者)

top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system), see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1], top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3], (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field, leading light

to pursue, to chase after, to accelerate, to catch up with, to overtake

雄壮而美丽

lit. to go upstream, to trace sth back to, to date from