- to conspire
- to seize the throne
- decrepit; ruined; disappointed
- hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever
- fierce general; valiant military leader; fig. brave individual
- only
- to die
- low; base; vulgar; inferior; humble
- (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself; personally
- habitation; dwelling place; residence; CL:處|处[chu4]
- to pay; to cover the costs
- reputation; prestige; public esteem
- above
- to demonize
- (idiom) to take one's time; unhurried; leisurely
- in hundred and one ways; in every possible way; by every means
- code of conduct; standard of conduct
- Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero.
- lit. the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom); fig. (endure) utter humiliation
- (idiom) a great humiliation; a huge embarrassment
- to help; to assist
- to provide assistance; to aid
- senior figure; doyen; founding member; veteran
- 徐 Xú: 徐 Xu2: surname Xu徐 xú: 徐 xu2: slowly; gently
- canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn
- to unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax; to loosen
- sweet-sounding; beautiful (of sound)
- to put out; to come up with; to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc); to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc); to draw (conclusion); to deliver (speech, judgment); to devise (explanation); to extract
- to easily trust; gullible; naïve
- warm
- to survey; to view broadly