- 坎 kǎn: 坎 kan3: pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water; ☵坎 kǎn: 坎 kan3: pit; hole
- 霍 Hùo: 霍 Huo4: surname Huo霍 hùo: 霍 huo4: (literary) suddenly
- The Analects of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
- “Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3]
- sense of achievement
- to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- to fall short of; not as good as; too late
- original work (not translation or abridged)
- author; writer
- native language; mother tongue; (linguistics) parent language
- 三字经 sān zì jīng: 三字经 san1 zi4 jing1: (slang) swearword; four-letter word三字经 Sān zì Jīng: 三字经 San1 zi4 Jing1: Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters
- to compile
- Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
- textbook; CL:本[ben3]
- unit (forming an entity); element; (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
- founder or leader of a religion or sect; (fig.) revered figure
- quotation; citation
- lane; alley; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking (esp. to make a request)
- signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business
- famous; well-known
- old language; the Classics; Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose; Classical Chinese as a school subject
- to lead to
- to lose; to leave behind (inadvertently)
- surname Yao; Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝[Wu3 Di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
- 毛 Máo: 毛 Mao2: surname Mao毛 máo: 毛 mao2: hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
- Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
- prehistoric times; (attributive) prehistoric
- in other words
- to write an essay; composition (student essay); CL:篇[pian1]
- oracle script; oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
- BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ)
- to predict; prophecy
- tortoise shell
- 骨 gū: 骨 gu1: used in 骨碌碌[gu1 lu4 lu4]; used in 骨碌[gu1 lu5]; used in 骨朵[gu1 duo5]骨 gǔ: 骨 gu3: bone
- pictogram; one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters; Chinese character derived from a picture; sometimes called hieroglyph
- diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; CL:張|张[zhang1]; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek
- identification; to identify; to recognize
- to cover; to comprise; to include
- golden age
- King Arthur
- legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...