- Western Zhou (1027-771 BC)
- monogamy
- concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
- 制 zhì: 制 zhi4: system; to control; to regulate制 zhì: 制 zhi4: to manufacture; to make
- a few; several; how many
- wives and concubines (of a polygamous man); harem
- in other words; that is to say; so; thus
- to take a concubine
- illegal; to break the law
- substance; essence
- large and small; size; adults and children; consideration of seniority; at any rate
- to have; to own; to hold; to occupy; to possess; to account for (a high proportion etc)
- (idiom) high officials and noble lords; the powerful and influential
- in groups; large numbers of; grouping
- same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- a man; a male
- (idiom) to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem
- habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to address sb deferentially; title; honorific
- they; them (females)
- apparently; it seems that
- 本事 běn shi: 本事 ben3 shi5: ability; skill本事 běn shì: 本事 ben3 shi4: source material; original story
- equality of the sexes
- before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- male-female; male and female
- role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
- to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular
- (bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign; home and abroad
- to be all the same way (literary)
- duty; responsibility; obligation
- to take an official post; to become a government employee
- to carry on one's ancestral line
- guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
- worldwide; entire world
- responsibility; duty; liability
- can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- 卫国 Wèi gúo: 卫国 Wei4 guo2: state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhou卫国 wèi gúo: 卫国 wei4 guo2: to defend one's country
- capability; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
- the male sex; a male
- to shelter; to protect; to provide refuge; (law) asylum