- swindler; itinerant con-man
- 相 xiāng: 相 xiang1: each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])相 xiàng: 相 xiang4: appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)相 Xiāng: 相 Xiang1: surname Xiang
- to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- facial features; appearence; physiognomy
- to get to know each other; acquaintance
- there is no harm in; might as well
- to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero-
- name of a book; reputation as calligrapher
- content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- literature
- accomplishment; training; self-cultivation
- lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head); I don't understand a word (idiom); it's all Greek to me
- rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
- the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists); fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
- to hold in storage; to retain; to harbor (feelings); to entertain (sentiments); (of abstract things) to exist; there is
- (coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited; superficial; half-baked; sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth); dabbler
- trade; profession; industry; business
- everyone; influential family; great expert
- geomancy
- 正统 zhèng tǒng: 正统 zheng4 tong3: orthodoxy; tradition; orthodox; traditional; principles of dynastic succession; (of an heir) legitimate正统 Zhèng tǒng: 正统 Zheng4 tong3: Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]
- in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the big picture; cadaver for dissection in training medical students
- to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen
- five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳); facial features
- the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[Bai2 yang2], Taurus 金牛[Jin4 niu2], Gemini 雙子|双子[Shuang1 zi3], Cancer 巨蟹[Ju4 xie4], Leo 獅子|狮子[Shi1 zi3], Virgo 室女[Shi4 nu:3], Libra 天秤[Tian1 cheng4], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[Tian1 xie1], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[Ren2 ma3], Capricorn 摩羯[Mo2 jie2], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[Bao3 ping2], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[Shuang1 yu2]
- doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
- 门道 mén dào: 门道 men2 dao4: doorway; gateway门道 mén dao: 门道 men2 dao5: the way to do sth; knack
- unreliable; incredible
- 全 Quán: 全 Quan2: surname Quan全 quán: 全 quan2: all; whole; entire; every; complete
- to attend school
- 宫 Gōng: 宫 Gong1: surname Gong宫 gōng: 宫 gong1: palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
- and; as well as
- servant
- eyebrow; upper margin
- to speak frankly with assurance
- smiles of exultation; radiant with delight
- spittle; saliva
- (of droplets, sparks etc) to fly about in all directions; to splatter everywhere
- to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across
- in a daze; bewildered
- to discuss; to talk about