- gains and losses; success and failure; merits and demerits
- honor and disgrace; reputation
- to lose
- levelheadedness; calmness; equanimity
- unable to break the custom (idiom); bound by conventions
- to take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding
- hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name; CL:頂|顶[ding3]
- (of hope, appetite, authority etc) to be lost
- preliminary round of imperial examinations; abbr. for 科學考察|科学考察[ke1 xue2 kao3 cha2], scientific exploration
- to send (on a mission); to dispatch
- to manage; to handle
- to weigh; weight; measure
- cultured; sophisticated
- to be willing to; to resign oneself to
- greatest; most important
- honor; glory
- an examiner (for tests, interviews etc); (old) imperial examination official
- Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu); land of plenty
- the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing
- honor and glory
- capital of a country (literary)
- lit. tail wind; Bon voyage!
- with the current
- (coll.) even if
- virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)
- (of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash
- relying on; on the basis of
- premier; prime minister; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- general office
- (military, firefighting etc) (verb and noun) drill; exercise; maneuver
- government-run; state-run
- college; school (old)
- Tongwen Guan, 19th century college that trained translators for China's diplomatic corps, established in Beijing in 1862 and absorbed by the Imperial University in 1902
- end of the year
- liberal arts; humanities
- completed examination paper; answer sheet; CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]