- to consider oneself as; to believe oneself to be
- 祝 Zhù: 祝 Zhu4: surname Zhu祝 zhù: 祝 zhu4: to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies
- to satirize; to mock; irony; satire; sarcasm
- face
- to bow with hands held in front
- to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
- married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- to meddle; to be a "nosy Parker"; to be too inquisitive about other people's business
- to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone
- smiling; with a smile
- to lose; to put aside; to throw
- political situation
- ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly
- to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
- to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money)
- a flourishing period; period of prosperity; a golden age
- party; carousal; hilarity; merriment; whoopee; to carouse
- prosperity and decline (of a kingdom); rise and fall
- good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality; (coll.) very bad
- 背着 bēi zhe: 背着 bei1 zhe5: carrying on one's back背着 bèi zhe: 背着 bei4 zhe5: turning one's back to (sth or sb); keeping sth secret from (sb); keeping (one's hands) behind one's back
- disorder; chaos
- literary circles
- spring (season); CL:個|个[ge4]
- peace and prosperity (idiom)
- ruler
- energy
- 管 Guǎn: 管 Guan3: surname Guan管 guǎn: 管 guan3: to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards
- (idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct; to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority
- bleak; desolate; (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed
- autumn; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse; to fall from power
- auspicious day; good day; happy life
- to the end (of); at the end of; in the end; to come to an end
- massacre; mass slaughter
- to see
- 血 xiě: 血 xie3: see 血[xue4]血 xuè: 血 xue4: blood; colloquial pr. [xie3]; CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]
- ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; resolute; to harden (one's heart)
- military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose"); flag signal; semaphore
- to suppress; to muzzle; to gag
- Yongzheng, reign name of Qing emperor (1722-1735)
- the Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bao3 Qin1 wang2], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hong2 li4], reigned 1735–1799
- to make one's home in; to reside in; to inhabit
- (old, now used figuratively) official call to arms; official denunciation
- surname Jian
- to flick; to brush off; (of a breeze) to brush lightly over; (literary) to run counter to
- preface; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude