- north and south; north to south
- to sweep away; to sweep across
- to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row
- parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law; relatives by marriage
- to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
- not at all; simply (can) not
- to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth
- clever (child); smart; lovable; cute
- front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open
- to make a suggestion; to state (one's views, ideas etc); suggestion; advice; idea
- to censure; to denounce; to impeach
- to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed
- 疏 Shū: 疏 Shu1: surname Shu疏 shū: 疏 shu1: to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin; sparse; scanty; distant (relation); not close; to neglect; negligent; to present a memorial to the Emperor; commentary; annotation
- all parties (in a dispute etc); all sides; all directions
- die-hard (fan etc)
- not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after
- to take up a post; to start in a new job
- see 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]
- inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times
- imperial envoy
- in charge; responsible for; person in charge; manager
- prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)
- county; (Japan) prefecture
- local official
- to care for; to show concern for; to think longingly (of one's country)
- to take care; to keep an eye on; to look after; to tell; to remind
- to skip a grade; to bypass ranks; to go over the head of one's boss
- to pull out; to select; to promote
- turning point; breaking point
- Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911
- to hold a post; to take office
- imperial censor
- need not; does not have to; not necessarily
- 结果 jié gǔo: 结果 jie2 guo3: outcome; result; consequence; in the end; as a result; to kill; to dispatch结果 jiē gǔo: 结果 jie1 guo3: to bear fruit
- 担 dān: 担 dan1: to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility担 dàn: 担 dan4: picul (100 catties, 50 kg); two buckets full; carrying pole and its load; classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole
- duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame
- in charge (of a position etc); the person in charge; responsible
- (political) achievements; track record
- proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; CL:個|个[ge4]; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of
- intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)
- rich and powerful
- to exist; to survive
- Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi
- Hubei and Hunan provinces (a Ming dynasty province)
- governor-general; viceroy; governor
- career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life