- (literary) to go through successive changes; to evolve
- lit. sinking and floating; to bob up and down on water; ebb and flow; fig. rise and fall; ups and downs of fortune; vicissitudes
- 奸 jiān: 奸 jian1: wicked; crafty; traitor奸 jiān: 奸 jian1: to fornicate; to defile; adultery; rape
- to cheat; to swindle; to pretend; to feign; to draw sb out; to try to extract information by deceit or bluff
- to gain advantage by any means, fair or foul; to be opportunistic; to be full of tricks
- to sink into (vice, depravity etc); to pass into oblivion; downfall; passing
- impressions; reflections; thoughts; CL:通[tong4],個|个[ge4]
- environs; surroundings; periphery
- investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- highly effective; fruitful
- doubts and suspicions; a maze of doubts; puzzle; mystery
- an essay in eight parts; stereotyped writing
- to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
- 帖 tiè: 帖 tie4: rubbing from incised inscription帖 tiē: 帖 tie1: fitting snugly; appropriate; suitable; to paste; to obey帖 tiě: 帖 tie3: invitation card; notice
- 圣 kū: 圣 ku1: (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)圣 shèng: 圣 sheng4: (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- established rules; the beaten track
- hoary head; old age
- pedant
- eyebrow; upper margin
- manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type
- fashionable
- to satirize; to mock; irony; satire; sarcasm
- to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
- theory; CL:個|个[ge4]; to argue; to take notice of
- to control
- eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties
- nowadays; now
- to commission (a newspaper article, piece of writing, artwork etc)
- to compare oneself; to view oneself as
- (bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to; (before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiao3]
- double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month; girls' festival; Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
- to enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude); enlightenment; revelation; motivation
- verdant and thick (foliage, grass etc)
- 佳 Jiā: 佳 Jia1: surname Jia佳 jiā: 佳 jia1: beautiful; fine; good
- Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning; Fanyang 範陽|范阳 ancient city near modern Beijing
- separated by a generation; a lifetime ago
- to look at one another; to face each other
- peach
- 度 dù: 度 du4: to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences度 dúo: 度 duo2: to estimate; Taiwan pr. [duo4]
- street; CL:條|条[tiao2]