- painting brush
- the late Qing; late 19th and early 20th century China
- influential officials; bigwigs
- 休 Xīu: 休 Xiu1: surname Xiu休 xīu: 休 xiu1: to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease; (imperative) don't
- 伯 bǎi: 伯 bai3: one hundred (old)伯 bó: 伯 bo2: father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex
- Susan (name)
- (literary) husband and wife; married couple
- to contribute (as a gift); to donate; benefaction
- 展 Zhǎn: 展 Zhan3: surname Zhan展 zhǎn: 展 zhan3: to spread out; to open up; to exhibit; to put into effect; to postpone; to prolong; exhibition
- to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- to put on display; to exhibit; exhibition; show; CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]
- preface; foreword; introduction; preamble; earlier remarks; earlier words; (literary) words of the ancient thinkers
- a line of verse; a sentence
- dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- portrait; to do a portrait of sb
- that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- to just happen to coincide with
- (idiom) high-spirited; full of mettle
- 便 biàn: 便 bian4: plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards便 pián: 便 pian2: used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]
- by chance; by coincidence; by good luck
- (idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking
- coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
- to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly; the emergence (e.g. of a power)
- lit. robust years; prime of life; summer; able-bodied (fit for military service); mature (talent, garden etc)
- statesman; politician; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- only; sole
- image; form; figure; CL:個|个[ge4]; visualization; vivid
- it could even be said
- extremely precious; valuable
- (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- (fig.) to step into; to enter
- to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1])
- side; adjacent place
- label; tag; (computing) tab (GUI element)
- to get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time
- called; named
- 穆 mù: 穆 mu4: solemn; reverent; calm; burial position in an ancestral tomb (old)穆 Mù: 穆 Mu4: surname Mu
- pool; pond; (of metals etc) luster; favor or beneficence; damp; moist
- Norway
- high ranking officer in Chinese army; colonel
- to arrive; to come
- to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in
- armed forces; troops; CL:支[zhi1]