- secretly; inwardly
- enormous; great; (math.) maximum
- precious
- property; assets
- to enjoy (rights, privileges etc)
- easy and comfortable; easy
- second class; second-rate
- citizen
- must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot
- to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as
- tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument; talent; ability; to possess; to have; to provide; to furnish; to state; classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies
- post; position; job; duties
- marquis
- baron
- order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]
- to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
- unique; distinctive
- superiority; dominance; advantage
- civil service; public office; government job
- opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 高 Gāo: 高 Gao1: surname Gao高 gāo: 高 gao1: high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times); a continued tradition; an inheritance
- succession; inheritance; hereditary
- father's father; paternal grandfather
- to find out; to learn of
- Philip, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus (Protestant transliteration)
- the fifth (of series of numbered kings)
- monk
- to canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
- resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense
- monastery; convent
- at once; on the spot
- to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc)
- 花 Huā: 花 Hua1: surname Hua花 huā: 花 hua1: flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful花 huā: 花 hua1: flower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]
- in former times; the olden days
- to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc); (of two or more things) interchangeable
- gold coin
- silver coin
- St Louis, large city in eastern Missouri
- to consider oneself as; to believe oneself to be
- illustrious; celebrated
- later generation
- to control; to dominate; to allocate
- enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out
- to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society
- to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery