- spot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); idea; crux; indication; pointer
- to worsen
- pertinent; apropos
- to cite; to quote; to cite as evidence
- to claim credit for oneself
- to repeat; to restate; to recapitulate
- landlord; landowner; host
- new policy; New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression)
- celestial blessing
- 挽 wǎn: 挽 wan3: to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover挽 wǎn: 挽 wan3: to draw (a cart); to lament the dead
- exotic; foreign
- to stain; to sully; to tarnish
- (of an elderly person) alive and in good health; (of a thing) intact; holding up OK; still going strong
- (idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement
- to run into; to come upon; to meet
- to chat; casual conversation
- 昌 chāng: 昌 chang1: (bound form) prosperous; flourishing昌 Chāng: 昌 Chang1: surname Chang
- sharp blade
- wide; vast
- to blush; to redden (with shame, indignation etc)
- to be used for
- feudal times
- 幕 mù: 幕 mu4: curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play)幕 mù: 幕 mu4: curtain; screen
- to lift open; to tear open
- sth one wishes to keep secret; ulterior motive; a subject best avoided
- (idiom) to fly into a rage; to see red
- law; rule; code
- to publish; to appear (in print)
- circumstances; plot; storyline
- behavior; moral conduct
- personal integrity
- (literary) deeply felt; heartfelt (esp. involving grief or remorse)
- melancholy; gloomy
- 洪 hóng: 洪 hong2: flood; big; great洪 Hóng: 洪 Hong2: surname Hong
- statute; constitution
- to declare oneself emperor; to win the best actor award
- old capital
- 袁 yuán: 袁 yuan2: long robe (old)袁 Yuán: 袁 Yuan2: surname Yuan