- to injure; to harm
- 昔 Xī: 昔 Xi1: surname Xi昔 xī: 昔 xi1: former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- instruction; admonition
- hundred million; (fig.) enormous quantity; absolutely; certainly (usually followed by a negative expression)
- to show understanding; to excuse; to presume; to expect
- to forgive; to help; profound
- vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); (bound form) to release (a captive); to indulge; to leap up; (literary) even if
- cataract of the eye; error
- who would have thought that; who would have expected that
- to tread on; to trample; to stamp; to fulfill; Taiwan pr. [dao4]
- office; bureau; (Taiwan pr. [shu4]) to sign; to arrange
- to infer; to gather
- in fear and trepidation (idiom); in reverence before your majesty (court formula of humility)
- to lighten; to ease; to alleviate
- fame; reputation; honor; honorary; emeritus (of retired professor)
- news of sb's death
- obituary
- wording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction
- to be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)
- the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century; fig. a long and complicated story
- to include on a list
- faithful official
- heavier than Mt Tai (idiom); fig. extremely serious matter
- light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling; unimportant
- July; seventh month (of the lunar year)
- Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
- enemy plane
- to rake with machine gunfire; to strafe; to machine-gun down
- to bomb; to bombard; CL:波[bo1],輪|轮[lun2]
- to accumulate work causes sickness (idiom); to fall ill from constant overwork
- to feel vexed; annoyed; good-for-nothing; stupid and cowardly
- to shed silent tears (idiom)
- sixty; 60
- sin; offense
- to be corrupt; corruption; to embezzle
- to become a common practice; to become a trend
- to rot; to decay; to become corrupt
- official business
- unmarried; single; alone
- human habitat