- special performance
- to sign (a signature)
- (honorific written address to younger man) My dear young friend
- tactful; discreet
- outstanding; surpassing; distinguished; splendid
- one's appearance; one's aspect; looks; features
- lapel; overlap of Chinese gown; fig. bosom (the seat of emotions); to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom
- to disdain to do sth; to think sth not worth doing; to feel it beneath one's dignity
- to overlook; to look down at
- ancestor; forefather; sb's late father
- animal; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個|个[ge4]
- exhort; stimulate
- to exhort; to make an effort
- mien; complexion
- gentle; kindly; mild and humid (climate)
- a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance
- careful; cautious
- to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)
- worthy of pride; impressive; enviable; to show contempt for others
- eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- wrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
- (fig.) to smell fishy
- to examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate; to authenticate
- width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
- spring rain; gift from above
- bored; boring; senseless
- outline; main threads
- horizontal scroll; banner; streamer
- to sew; to stitch together; to combine; to link; to connect; to put words together; to compose; to embellish
- classical
- double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
- Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911
- cheese (loanword); custard powder; (literary) man (laudatory); person of virtue
- north and south; north to south
- to serve as an official; an official; the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4]
- to write an account (of events)
- one's late teacher