- unfamiliar; strange; out of practice; not accustomed
- intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)
- 背 bèi: 背 bei4: the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing背 bēi: 背 bei1: to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)
- verse
- Yan Style (in Chinese calligraphy)
- to make progress; progress
- (idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years
- vigorous; energetic
- intentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously
- 荣 róng: 荣 rong2: glory; honor; thriving荣 Róng: 荣 Rong2: surname Rong
- 筑 zhù: 筑 zhu4: five-string lute; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]筑 Zhù: 筑 Zhu4: short name for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2]筑 zhù: 筑 zhu4: to build; to construct; to ram; to hit; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
- xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing; successful second degree candidate
- 方正 fāng zhèng: 方正 fang1 zheng4: clear and square; neat; square (person)方正 Fāng zhèng: 方正 Fang1 zheng4: see 方正縣|方正县[Fang1 zheng4 Xian4]
- Ministry of Justice (in imperial China)
- able and efficient
- merchant; businessman
- 游走 yóu zǒu: 游走 you2 zou3: to swim away游走 yóu zǒu: 游走 you2 zou3: to wander about; to roam; to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc); to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body); to skirt (the border of legality); (of a singer's voice) to move within its range; (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range)
- kind and charitable
- none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception
- therefore
- good name; good reputation
- to attack (the enemy)
- military campaign
- people's militia; militia; militiaman
- defense; to defend
- well-known figure; excellent (person, company etc)
- gradually
- to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany)
- home town; native place
- to live in or on another organism as a parasite; to live by taking advantage of others; parasitism; parasitic
- to defend against the cold; to keep warm
- charity
- 粥 zhōu: 粥 zhou1: congee; gruel; porridge; CL:碗[wan3]粥 yù: 粥 yu4: used in 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1 yu4]
- to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child); adoption
- orphans and widows; to be lonely; loneliness
- emergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods
- impoverished; poverty
- famous; of good reputation