- to hope; to expect; expectation(s)
- 哀 āi: 哀 ai1: (bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole哀 āi: 哀 Ai1: Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]
- Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
- short of; tired
- (usually used in the negative) to be of help or use
- to lead by the hand; to guide; to support
- to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)
- arrangement; order; tidiness
- self-discipline; self-regulation; autonomy (ethics); autonomic (physiology)
- to get; to obtain; to receive
- 凄凉 qī liáng: 凄凉 qi1 liang2: mournful; miserable凄凉 qī liáng: 凄凉 qi1 liang2: desolate (place)
- aromatic wood; perfume; fragrance
- Zhong County or Zhongxian, a county in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
- taro; Colocasia antiquorum; Colocasia esculenta
- (literary) of great literary talent; (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant; outstanding
- equally famous
- populace; masses; the people
- 昌 Chāng: 昌 Chang1: surname Chang昌 chāng: 昌 chang1: (bound form) prosperous; flourishing
- background (academic and work); curriculum vitae; résumé
- senior; of a senior generation; to honor; to respect; honorific; classifier for cannons and statues; ancient wine vessel
- teachers and students
- friendship; also pr. [yi2]
- to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
- court examination, the top grade imperial exam
- to cross a barrier; to get through (an ordeal); to pass (a test); to reach (a standard)
- yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
- windblown dust; hardships of travel; vicissitudes of life; prostitution
- thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal
- Cisco Systems Company
- to console; to comfort
- to study away from home or abroad (old)
- high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor
- to swell; to bulge
- fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
- to drink (alcohol)
- (bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬[shang4 xun2]); (bound form) ten years (in age expressions, e.g. 六旬[liu4 xun2] "sixty years old")