- number of times; frequency; order number (in a series); power (math.); degree of a polynomial (math.)
- a dirge; an elegy
- (jade)
- First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
- to suffer a crushing defeat
- to agree to and sign (a treaty etc)
- Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895), concluding the First Sino-Japanese War 甲午戰爭|甲午战争[Jia3 wu3 Zhan4 zheng1]
- to cede; cession
- clause (of contract or law); CL:項|项[xiang4]
- (of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive
- high-minded and righteous person; patriot; loyalist
- oath; vow; to swear; to pledge
- not to comply; not to go along with; not to let off easily; not to let sb get away with it
- elected by acclamation; recommended by all
- president (primarily used during the early years of the Republic of China, 1912–1928)
- see 永清縣|永清县[Yong3 qing1 Xian4]
- Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- 维 Wéi: 维 Wei2: abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3]; surname Wei维 wéi: 维 wei2: to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension; vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])
- high ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old); (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old); honorific (old)
- Guanyang, a county in Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi
- Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911
- cheese (loanword); custard powder; (literary) man (laudatory); person of virtue
- French army
- war; hostilities; fighting
- bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings); to link; to accept; rank; title
- (literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order; orderliness; (literary) decade
- to bestow a reward; a reward
- to resist the enemy
- to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties
- to govern; to administer; to manage; to control; governance
- to revere; to admire
- rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway; CL:副[fu4],幅[fu2]
- bosom (the seat of emotions); one's mind
- (fig.) to sustain; to shore up
- color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff
- to expel; to urge on; to drive; to run quickly
- to spend one's last years
- native country; one's homeland
- loyal and righteous; fealty; loyalty