- grandfather's younger brother
- first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
- as it turns out; by lucky coincidence; (of number, time, size etc) just right
- region south of the Huai River and north of the Yangtze River, esp. central Anhui Province; see 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 Shi4]
- letter; epistle
- 向 Xiàng: 向 Xiang4: surname Xiang向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: to tend toward; to guide向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: direction; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- family member; (old) servant
- to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture; CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4],個|个[ge4],通[tong4]
- massive military force
- Nian Army, leading a peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion further south
- base of operations
- to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
- name of a river
- clansman; clan members; relatives; ethnic minority
- life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- 造化 zào huà: 造化 zao4 hua4: (literary) Nature; the Creator造化 zào hua: 造化 zao4 hua5: good luck
- 保 Bǎo: 保 Bao3: Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])保 bǎo: 保 bao3: to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system
- to receive news (of)
- overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)
- 凯 kǎi: 凯 kai3: (bound form) triumphal music; (Tw) (coll.) generous with money; lavish in spending; chi (Greek letter Χχ)凯 Kǎi: 凯 Kai3: surname Kai
- according to; in accordance with; on the basis of
- 世 shì: 世 shi4: life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble世 Shì: 世 Shi4: surname Shi
- 启 qǐ: 启 qi3: to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to inform启 Qǐ: 启 Qi3: Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
- 文 wén: 文 wen2: language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67文 Wén: 文 Wen2: surname Wen
- to rank; ranking; seniority (among siblings)
- to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- to comfort; to console; to reassure
- pavilion; booth; kiosk; erect
- main hall; front courtyard; law court
- 容 róng: 容 rong2: to hold; to contain; to allow; to tolerate; appearance; look; countenance容 Róng: 容 Rong2: surname Rong
- hut; small temple; nunnery
- to get one's name; named (after sth)
- namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- campaign; expedition
- 愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: honest and prudent愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- certainly; must; will; necessarily
- (bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
- two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- to declare publicly; to make clear
- new; newborn; emerging; nascent; rebirth; regeneration; new life; new student
- a (real) man; boy; son