- file; record; archive
- to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
- straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- to rock; to sway; to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water); to flutter (e.g. of a flag); to trick sb into doing sth; to dupe; to con
- shameful; shameless
- 颜 Yán: 颜 Yan2: surname Yan颜 yán: 颜 yan2: color; face; countenance
- to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
- meeting place; place where people gather; CL:個|个[ge4]
- can't help (doing sth)
- to discuss; to converse; chat; discussion
- to cease; to suspend; to break off; to stop; to discontinue
- to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
- to return to the capital
- to save from damage; to preserve; to maintain; to keep in good repair; (Tw) security guard
- crafty; cunning; sly
- to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin
- for many generations; generation; era; age
- 家 jiā: 家 jia1: used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]家 jiā: 家 jia1: home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- imperial clan; member of the imperial clan; clansman; ancestral shrine
- Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia; also written 正蘭旗|正兰旗
- good fortune; official salary
- 康 Kāng: 康 Kang1: surname Kang康 kāng: 康 kang1: healthy; peaceful; abundant
- pavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir; woman's chamber; rack; shelf
- (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
- to pull out; to select; to promote
- (bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor; Taiwan pr. [si4]
- the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as 故宮|故宫[Gu4 gong1]
- early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another
- the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (traditional)
- to assist; to help sb do sth; to cooperate in doing sth
- modern history (in Chinese historiography, from the Opium Wars to the fall of the Qing dynasty)
- to begin; to open; to start; beginning of an event
- to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show; CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]
- role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
- to be in contact (with sb); to associate; to interact; to get along (well, poorly)
- can be counted as
- harmonious; friendly relations; on good terms with one another
- end (of a period); last part; final phase
- to purchase; to buy