- lily-white hands
- legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality; to adopt an original approach
- face; CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- 准 zhǔn: 准 zhun3: to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of准 zhǔn: 准 zhun3: accurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-
- imperial concubine
- 把手 bǎ shǒu: 把手 ba3 shou3: to shake hands把手 bǎ shou: 把手 ba3 shou5: handle; grip; knob
- to extend
- (of a woman) remarkably beautiful; stunning
- one's passion; one's obsession
- skillful hands; dexterous; a dab hand
- to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch
- mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
- rare and precious; valuable; remarkable
- housekeeper
- 礼 Lǐ: 礼 Li3: surname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites礼 lǐ: 礼 li3: gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy
- spouse
- husband and wife; married couple
- Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
- 僖 Xī: 僖 Xi1: surname Xi僖 xī: 僖 xi1: cautious; merry; joyful
- 侯 Hóu: 侯 Hou2: surname Hou侯 hóu: 侯 hou2: marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman; high official侯 hòu: 侯 hou4: used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)
- (treat as a) favorite
- word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4 chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
- source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion); origin; where sth comes from
- title; appellation; form of address
- clear; distinct; obvious
- to equal; to be tantamount to
- to equate; equal to
- (great) majority
- majority; most
- 约 yuē: 约 yue1: to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise约 yāo: 约 yao1: to weigh in a balance or on a scale
- daughter-in-law
- to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
- 卫 Wèi: 卫 Wei4: surname Wei; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces卫 wèi: 卫 wei4: to guard; to protect; to defend; abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene; health; abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet
- 荠 jì: 荠 ji4: see 薺菜|荠菜[ji4 cai4]荠 qí: 荠 qi2: used in 荸薺|荸荠[bi2 qi2]
- measles
- middle; center; right in the middle or center; nub