- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)
- lit. to govern from behind the curtain; to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
- brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless
- to propose; to suggest; proposal; suggestion
- cautious; prudent
- not to accept as correct (idiom); to object; to disapprove; to take exception to
- to get rid of
- sudden; unexpected; abrupt; suddenly; Taiwan pr. [zou4]
- to include on a list
- need not
- to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
- aloof; indifferent; unconcerned
- to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation; CL:次[ci4]
- to shirk; to give excuses
- to meddle; to intervene; intervention
- other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders
- to break the rule; to make an exception
- even if; even though; right away; immediately
- 羌 qiāng: 羌 qiang1: muntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)羌 Qiāng: 羌 Qiang1: surname Qiang; Qiang ethnic group
- to hinder; to obstruct
- with keen interest (idiom); with great pleasure; with gusto; eagerly
- to fantasize; (esp.) to have a sexual fantasy about (sb)
- physiognomy
- (originally) (in) the bookshops; (in modern usage) among the public; in public circulation; on the market
- forged book; book of dubious authenticity; misattributed book; Apocrypha
- surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in southern China at different historical periods
- 荷 Hé: 荷 He2: Holland; the Netherlands (abbr. for 荷蘭|荷兰[He2 lan2])荷 hé: 荷 he2: lotus荷 hè: 荷 he4: to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibility
- glory
- to carve
- posthumous work (of a writer)
- to become fashionable; to catch on; to be popular
- the whole world; throughout the land; everything under the sun
- appearance
- fate; destiny
- (idiom) brilliant; extremely skillful; virtuosic
- inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity
- to draw a bow to the full; the range of a bow and arrow
- philosopher
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher
- external; outside; outward appearance