- bronze implement; refers to ancient bronze artifacts, from c. 2,000 BC
- device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- jade artifact
- large; bulky; big-ticket item
- lapel of jacket; heart; aspiration; vision
- spirit; boldness; positive outlook; imposing attitude
- to give for free
- shovel; spade; trowel; spatula (kitchen utensil); CL:把[ba3]
- 削 xuē: 削 xue1: to pare; to reduce; to remove; Taiwan pr. [xue4]削 xiāo: 削 xiao1: to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
- glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth
- afterlife; next life
- foot soldier; minor figure; a nobody; (chess) pawn
- runaway (idiom); desperate criminal; fugitive
- everybody; everyone; we all
- to go separate ways (idiom); to part ways with sb; Taiwan pr. [ge4 ben1 dong1 xi1]
- guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
- in advance; before the event
- 照应 zhào ying: 照应 zhao4 ying5: to look after; to take care of; to attend to照应 zhào yìng: 照应 zhao4 ying4: to correlate with; to correspond to
- inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my
- to live without dignity; to barely sustain oneself
- to dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed; to come up out of the ground
- 沙 Shā: 沙 Sha1: surname Sha沙 shā: 沙 sha1: granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; CL:粒[li4]; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia沙 shà: 沙 sha4: (dialect) to sift; to sieve
- Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- lime (calcium oxide)
- the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
- rammed earth
- the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
- place; space
- prince; marquis; nobleman
- imperial concubine
- inside; interior
- noble and lowly; high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism
- to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- fetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding); womb carrying a fetus; (fig.) origin; source; (loanword) tire
- intermittent; off and on; discontinuous; stop-go; stammering; disjointed; inarticulate