- approaching old age
- to end; to die
- to make friends with
- tall; lofty; towering
- 长寿 Cháng shòu: 长寿 Chang2 shou4: see 長壽區|长寿区[Chang2 shou4 Qu1]长寿 cháng shòu: 长寿 chang2 shou4: longevity; long-lived
- the literary world
- 胥 xū: 胥 xu1: all; assist; to store胥 Xū: 胥 Xu1: surname Xu
- 荫 yīn: 荫 yin1: (bound form) shade (of a tree)荫 yìn: 荫 yin4: shade
- to travel; to go on a tour; to roam
- former times; the olden days
- caught in (a bad situation); to fall into (trap etc)
- self-criticism
- to attend a banquet
- 席 Xí: 席 Xi2: surname Xi席 xí: 席 xi2: woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc
- first day of the lunar month
- Nāgārjuna (c. 150-250 AD), Buddhist philosopher
- guest of honor; host and guests
- (loanword) party
- what remains unseen is deemed to be clean; what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
- stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation; leeway
- complete; intact
- dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined
- (literary) soul; mortal soul (i.e. attached to the body)
- to meet (socially)
- lies; wild talk; to tell lies; to talk nonsense; fantasy (literature)
- rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
- remote; hidden away; secluded; serene; peaceful; to imprison; in superstition indicates the underworld; ancient district spanning Liaonang and Hebei provinces
- 奥 ào: 奥 Ao4: (bound form) Austria (abbr. for 奧地利|奥地利[Ao4 di4 li4]); (bound form) Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克|奥林匹克[Ao4 lin2 pi3 ke4])奥 ào: 奥 ao4: obscure; mysterious
- (bound form) alligator; crocodile
- to allow; to permit
- to talk rubbish
- to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
- (bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge