- Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
- to pass through; to traverse; to cross
- novel; fiction; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- battlefield; CL:個|个[ge4]
- travel notes
- regent; monarch
- 术 shù: 术 shu4: method; technique术 zhú: 术 zhu2: various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea
- to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
- research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into
- even; so much so that
- there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
- personage; celebrity
- subject; title; topic; exercise or exam question (CL:道[dao4])
- every; various; separately, one by one
- item; project; (sports) event
- to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- to take down (in writing); notes; a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches; CL:本[ben3]
- to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row
- outline; synopsis; notes
- 还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan
- several tens of thousands; many thousand
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often
- 新 Xīn: 新 Xin1: abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin新 xīn: 新 xin1: new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
- 刊 kān: 刊 kan1: to print; to publish; publication; periodical; to peel with a knife; to carve; to amend刊 kān: 刊 kan1: to peel with a knife; to carve; to amend
- to embody; to reflect; to incarnate
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...向 Xiàng: 向 Xiang4: surname Xiang向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: to tend toward; to guide向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: direction; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (CL:點|点[dian3])
- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- pre-Han name for Nanjing; common place name
- mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix
- (bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
- sb's original handwriting or painting
- one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- cover (of a publication)
- design; pattern
- reign name of Qing emperor (1861-1875)