- to form; to make up; to constitute
- consul
- high ranking officer in Chinese army; colonel
- navy
- serviceman; soldier; military personnel
- UK-France
- Chinese language
- to understand; to comprehend
- 居 jī: 居 ji1: (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude居 Jū: 居 Ju1: surname Ju居 jū: 居 ju1: to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedrooms
- Chinese language
- 听 yǐn: 听 yin3: smile (archaic)听 tīng: 听 ting1: to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 读 dú: 读 du2: to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce读 dòu: 读 dou4: comma; phrase marked by pause
- reign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850)
- man of sixty or seventy
- adoptive father
- perceptive; astute; sharp; sharp-witted; vigilant; alert
- 密 Mì: 密 Mi4: surname Mi; name of an ancient state密 mì: 密 mi4: dense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential; (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM
- mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss
- fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc)
- China watcher; an expert on China; an old China hand
- actually; in fact; really
- person (first person, second person etc in grammar); called; known as
- simply; really
- truly; whirlpool
- imaginary reputation; empty fame
- 欲 yù: 欲 yu4: desire; appetite; passion; lust; greed欲 yù: 欲 yu4: to wish for; to desire
- light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- produced locally; local product (with distinctive native features)
- matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine
- 好事 hào shì: 好事 hao4 shi4: to be meddlesome好事 hǎo shì: 好事 hao3 shi4: good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
- to recognize; to know; to admit
- correct; right; not bad; pretty good
- 满 Mǎn: 满 Man3: Manchu ethnic group满 mǎn: 满 man3: to fill; full; filled; packed; fully; completely; quite; to reach the limit; to satisfy; satisfied; contented
- outsider; foreigner; stranger
- to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate
- everything
- to do sth oneself
- 世 Shì: 世 Shi4: surname Shi世 shì: 世 shi4: life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble