- marriage; CL:門|门[men2]
- wealth; riches
- in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the big picture; cadaver for dissection in training medical students
- lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched; roughly comparable (opponents)
- to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen
- to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice
- friendly state; ally
- (often pejorative) trusted aide; confidant; to put one's trust in (sb)
- method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability; trick; wile
- to select; to choose; to decide on
- parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law; relatives by marriage
- what kind?; what sort?
- 屏 bǐng: 屏 bing3: to get rid of; to put aside; to reject; to keep control; to hold (one's breath)屏 píng: 屏 ping2: (standing) screen屏 bīng: 屏 bing1: used in 屏營|屏营[bing1 ying2]
- Changsha, a county in Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4], Hunan
- graduate; successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination
- metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)
- an examiner (for tests, interviews etc); (old) imperial examination official
- to supervise; to control
- imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)
- to be promoted to
- to speak forthrightly; to talk bluntly
- to remonstrate; to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese); to exhort
- to be widely known as
- Taiwan
- to compile anew; new (version); newly set up (part of an organization)
- 古 Gǔ: 古 Gu3: surname Gu古 gǔ: 古 gu3: ancient; old; paleo-
- fragmentary; trifling
- strength of character; vigorous style (of calligraphy)
- renowned senior figure; luminary; legend (in academia, sport etc)
- net for fishing or bird catching; (fig.) fetters; to snare (a valuable new team member etc); to bring together under the one umbrella
- to recommend
- to lead by the hand; to guide; to support
- countless; numberless; innumerable
- to comply with; to follow (directives); to defer (to the judgment of superiors)
- personnel; human resources; human affairs; ways of the world; (euphemism) sexuality; the facts of life
- ancient meaning; original or etymological meaning of a word
- to propose (for a job); to nominate; to recommend
- to assist
- down to; up to; to such an extent as to ...; also written 以至於|以至于[yi3 zhi4 yu2]
- proficient (in sth); to understand sth through and through