- shoe; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my
- noble and lowly; high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism
- Tang poetry; a Tang poem
- to recognize; to know; to admit
- to differentiate; to draw a distinction; to divide into categories
- stone inscription; carved stone
- a photocopy
- version; edition; release
- a beauty; beautiful
- pre-Han name for Nanjing; common place name
- regent; monarch
- prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)
- see 秦淮區|秦淮区[Qin2 huai2 Qu1]
- magnificent
- the final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology); rhyme; appeal; charm; (literary) pleasant sound
- then and now; ancient and modern
- daughter's husband; son-in-law
- to select a suitable site; site; location
- coincidence; coincidental; to coincide
- in the unseen world of spirits; mysteriously and inexorably
- marriage
- to be in the majority
- riches and honor
- lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom); fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
- daughter-in-law
- particular year
- Cai E (1882–1916), military leader who was a key figure in the establishment the National Protection Army 護國軍|护国军[Hu4 guo2 jun1], which in 1916 fought the forces of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3], who had tried to reestablish the monarchy with himself as emperor
- to lead; to command; to head
- National Protection Army of 1915 (in rebellion against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3])
- to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study
- (old, now used figuratively) official call to arms; official denunciation
- to postpone
- Secretary of State
- 段 duàn: 段 duan4: paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc段 Duàn: 段 Duan4: surname Duan
- apprehension; apprehensive
- not only (... but also ...)
- to write an account (of events)
- go-between; matchmaker
- to propose marriage
- (of a marriage) the bridegroom's side; the husband's side