- radiation
- donkey; CL:頭|头[tou2]
- not only
- Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇)
- (of a naval vessel) to cruise; to patrol; (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc
- Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi; beautiful women; women dancers and singers
- to get drunk and act crazy; roaring drunk
- 田 Tián: 田 Tian2: surname Tian田 tián: 田 tian2: field; farm; CL:片[pian4]
- to recommend
- Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政[Qin2 Ying2 Zheng4] (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC
- 樊 fán: 樊 fan2: (literary) fence樊 Fán: 樊 Fan2: surname Fan
- 於 yú: 於 yu2: (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by於 wū: 於 wu1: (literary) Oh!; Ah!於 Yū: 於 Yu1: surname Yu; Taiwan pr. [Yu2]
- 期 qī: 期 qi1: period; cycle期 qī: 期 qi1: a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qi2]
- human life; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- person; number of people; (per) capita; (a person's) head; (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account)
- 喂 wéi: 喂 wei2: hello (when answering the phone)喂 wèi: 喂 wei4: hey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)喂 wèi: 喂 wei4: to feed
- surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]; short name for 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1]
- main hall of a Buddhist temple
- minced meat sauce; (fig.) mincemeat; a person cut to pieces
- perfectly all right; without rhyme or reason
- 熏 xūn: 熏 xun1: to smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils; to perfume熏 xūn: 熏 xun1: fragrance; warm; to educate; to smoke; to fumigate
- to kill; to murder
- crown prince
- red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
- Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
- to rock; to sway; to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water); to flutter (e.g. of a flag); to trick sb into doing sth; to dupe; to con
- 国 gúo: 国 guo2: country; nation; state; (bound form) national国 Gúo: 国 Guo2: surname Guo
- major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 臣 chén: 臣 chen2: state official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign); Kangxi radical 131臣 Chén: 臣 Chen2: surname Chen
- afraid; frightened; to fear
- insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not
- to grow light (at daybreak)
- brave and chivalrous
- correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
- 沈 Shěn: 沈 Shen3: surname Shen沈 shěn: 沈 shen3: (literary) juice沈 Shěn: 沈 Shen3: short name for 瀋陽|沈阳[Shen3 yang2]
- dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
- rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
- worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
- grand; heroic
- an elder; a senior
- 结 jiē: 结 jie1: (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jie2]结 jié: 结 jie2: knot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel)