- first under heaven; number one in the country
- as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right
- first choice; premium; to come first in the imperial examinations
- aspiration; ambition; to volunteer
- 幕 mù: 幕 mu4: curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play)幕 mù: 幕 mu4: curtain; screen
- to enter a school or college; to go to school for the first time as a child
- written examination; paper test (for an applicant)
- to be interviewed (as a candidate); interview
- to write or draw with a brush; to put pen to paper; to write
- to hand in; to hand over; to pay; to capture (weapons); to seize
- lit. can pass through (an opening); fig. can get by (in life); tolerably well; not too bad; How are you getting by?; How's life?
- to report back after completion of one's mission
- personally; in person; oneself
- to go and sit an examination
- to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess; to claim a title
- Zhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4] (short name 浙[Zhe4])
- system; CL:個|个[ge4]
- overall trend
- great; grand
- to narrate; to recount; narrative
- to fan into a flame; to incite
- to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn
- to question; to quiz; to grill
- subordinate; affiliated to; subsidiary
- to cover; to shield; to screen; to conceal
- difficult problem
- your distinguished self; your majesty; sire
- complexion
- intonation; tone of voice; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to investigate; to probe
- to feel deep veneration for sb (idiom)
- I'd like to hear the details
- neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)
- nothing else but
- condition; state; situation
- that kind of
- (idiom) meticulous; very careful or attentive
- nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4]
- ferocious; fierce; violent; brave; suddenly; abrupt; (slang) awesome
- tiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- hero; towering figure
- to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal