- at all times and in all places (idiom)
- dictator; autocrat
- in total there are ...; to own jointly
- ignorant masses; to keep the people in ignorance
- tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
- to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign
- one of the given (options etc); the first; firstly
- secondly; the other (usu. of two); the second
- of one heart and one mind (idiom)
- rebels and traitors (idiom); general term for scoundrel
- thirdly; the third
- benevolence; favor
- to sneer at sb; to ridicule
- to show off one's cleverness; (of sb who has received beneficial treatment) to profess to have been hard done by
- the end; end point; finishing line (in a race); destination; terminus; CL:個|个[ge4]
- cold-blood; cold-blooded (animal)
- eye drops; eye ointment
- to be on guard; wariness; to guard against; preventive
- to be willing to part with sth
- to punish (someone); to take disciplinary action against (someone)
- (card games) trump card; (fig.) ace; star player; top performer; best asset; secret weapon
- to concede; to admit defeat; to admit sth is wrong after insisting it is right
- 屈 qū: 屈 qu1: bent; to feel wronged屈 Qū: 屈 Qu1: surname Qu
- whether or not (at the end of a phrase)
- to hinge on; to be decided by; to depend on
- to stride toward (success); to march toward; to take a step toward
- boundary; state; realm
- to describe; to depict; to portray
- to distinguish oneself through virtue (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3])
- to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to expound one's theory
- mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling
- to contain; to accumulate
- to enact laws; to legislate; legislation
- all previous (meetings, sessions etc)
- to jeer at; to deride; to ridicule; mockery; derision
- the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)