- to be utterly defeated; to be routed
- to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation); (mechanics) torsion
- decline (in fortune)
- whereabouts; to drop; to fall
- many years; for many years; longstanding
- to talk about; to mention
- (desired) effect; (expected) result; effective
- bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly
- 半载 bàn zài: 半载 ban4 zai4: half load半载 bàn zǎi: 半载 ban4 zai3: half a year
- profane; secular; worldly
- dark; deep; stupid; the underworld
- beyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- the person involved; the people holding power
- to find out; to ascertain; to get an idea of
- category
- trail; clues; thread (of a story)
- to refer to; to speak about; to talk about
- related; relevant; pertinent; to be interrelated; (statistics) correlation
- popular tradition; folk legend
- legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- 小说家 Xiǎo shūo jiā: 小说家 Xiao3 shuo1 jia1: School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)小说家 xiǎo shūo jiā: 小说家 xiao3 shuo1 jia1: novelist
- 假 jiǎ: 假 jia3: fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose假 gēi: 假 gei1: used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]假 jià: 假 jia4: vacation假 jiǎ: 假 jia3: to borrow
- slip of paper
- region of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang; see 江南省[Jiang1 nan2 Sheng3]; see 江南區|江南区[Jiang1 nan2 Qu1]
- half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands); vast swathe of territory
- (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- to turn pale with fright (idiom)
- about to; on the point of; soon
- creek; rivulet
- old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
- field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral
- later generation
- young girl
- 纪 Jǐ: 纪 Ji3: surname Ji; also pr. [Ji4]纪 jì: 纪 ji4: order; discipline; age; era; period; to chronicle
- perfume; fragrance
- artisan; smith
- to praise
- song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]); (bound form) to sing
- 哩 li: 哩 li5: (modal final particle similar to 呢[ne5] or 啦[la5])哩 lǐ: 哩 li3: mile