- (military) rank; level; grade
- government granary
- as for; as to; to go so far as to
- again and again; repeatedly
- pride; arrogance; conceited; proud of sth
- to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs; arrogant and self-important
- servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff
- harsh; severe; demanding
- head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time
- imperial examinations
- classic books in Confucianism; scriptures; sutras
- Confucianism
- in (sb's) eyes
- to show respect for; to think highly of
- (orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer; administration of a military government; (medieval Japan) "bakufu", administration of the shogun
- (of colors) bright; fresh and clear; clear-cut; distinct
- to contrast; contrast; ratio; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 京 jīng: 京 jing1: capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old); artificial mound (old)京 Jīng: 京 Jing1: surname Jing; short name for Beijing 北京[Bei3 jing1]; Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi; Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam
- suppression; repression; to suppress; to put down; to quell
- abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China; abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
- name of a river
- serviceman; soldier; military personnel
- more than half; greater part; most; probably; most likely
- shortage of money
- mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix
- money; silver
- to pave (with paving stones); to lay a road; (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth); to give a present to sb to ensure success
- to squeeze in; to force oneself into; to cram into; to intrude
- crowded; to throng; congestion
- extroverted; outgoing; to play audio through speakers (rather than through earphones); (old) to appoint to a post outside the capital
- without hope; hopeless; without prospects
- to have talent but no opportunity (idiom); to be an unrecognized talent
- 同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel; quality; sense; (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
- to share common interests or views; to get along well; congenial
- head; boss; chief
- military aircraft; secret plan; Privy Council during the Qing dynasty
- person from the same village, town, or province
- style
- without the slightest hesitation