- overall trend
- to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable
- tide; current; trend
- modernization; CL:個|个[ge4]
- lit. floating wine goblets on a stream; the origin (of some phenomenon)
- 业 Yè: 业 Ye4: surname Ye业 yè: 业 ye4: line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already
- scholar of the rationalist school of Neo-Confucianism 理學|理学[Li3 xue2]
- surname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4]
- scholar; Confucian
- 废 fèi: 废 fei4: to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste废 fèi: 废 fei4: disabled
- sinology; Chinese studies (in foreign schools); Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics
- not stick to; not confine oneself to; whatever
- the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group
- to decide; to determine; established practice; (dialect) firmly resolved (to do sth)
- group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
- to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay
- to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade
- to interpret and make glossaries and commentaries on classic texts
- poetry and prose; rhetoric
- (bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
- to give unequal emphasis to; doing some things at the expense of others
- especially; particularly
- see 桐城市[Tong2 cheng2 Shi4]
- 姚 Yáo: 姚 Yao2: surname Yao姚 yáo: 姚 yao2: handsome; good-looking
- incense tripod
- tradition or style from the past; old ways; surviving tradition; relic
- old language; the Classics; Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose; Classical Chinese as a school subject
- learning; knowledge; scholarship; a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门[men2]); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
- superb; first-rate; (of officials in imperial times) the highest rank
- high position; eminent status; top job; raised position; upper (limbs); a high (i.e. local maximum); high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc
- still; as before; yet
- 勤 qín: 勤 qin2: diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant; (bound form) work; duty; attendance勤 qín: 勤 qin2: industrious; solicitous
- 廉 lián: 廉 lian2: incorruptible; honest; inexpensive; to investigate (old); side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)廉 Lián: 廉 Lian2: surname Lian
- to preserve a proper behavior in private life
- owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
- to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
- humane; kernel
- 劳 Láo: 劳 Lao2: surname Lao劳 láo: 劳 lao2: (bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed; (bound form) fatigue; to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth); (bound form) to express appreciation for sb's efforts (Taiwan pr. [lao4])
- self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
- image; form; figure; CL:個|个[ge4]; visualization; vivid