- to lose one's standing; to have one's reputation swept away; a complete defeat and fall from grace
- to enter the capital; to go to Beijing
- public enemy
- to carry on as before; to follow (an old custom etc)
- course of events; process; (computing) process (a running instance of a program)
- sad; wretched; miserable
- not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom); to take great pains; to be very patient
- details; particulars
- fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
- 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger; ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
- 景 Jǐng: 景 Jing3: surname Jing景 jǐng: 景 jing3: (bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight
- 沈 Shěn: 沈 Shen3: surname Shen沈 Shěn: 沈 Shen3: short name for 瀋陽|沈阳[Shen3 yang2]沈 shěn: 沈 shen3: (literary) juice
- sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
- 桂 gùi: 桂 gui4: cassia; laurel桂 Gùi: 桂 Gui4: surname Gui; abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
- perfume; fragrance
- 佩 pèi: 佩 pei4: to respect; to wear (belt etc)佩 pèi: 佩 pei4: girdle ornaments
- to weigh; weight; measure
- gold
- east; east side; eastern part; to the east of
- kindhearted; honest
- the nine top officials (in imperial China)
- curtain
- Empress Dowager Ci'an (1837-1881) of Qing
- some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such
- bareheaded (in a photo)
- to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
- pad; cushion; mat; to pad out; to fill a gap; to pay for sb; to advance (money)
- to cause trouble; to provoke a dispute
- safe and sound (idiom)
- previously; formerly; once upon a time
- favor; grace
- younger brother born to the same parents