- magic transformation performed by Daoist immortal; fig. to reveal; to enlighten
- autobiography
- coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
- to eliminate; to sack; to remove from office
- to change; to fluctuate; change; fluctuation
- an integral whole; all concerned; everybody
- to emerge
- water surface
- tip of the iceberg
- iceberg; ice-covered mountain; (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long; CL:座[zuo4]
- to envy (success, talent); jealous
- to have a taste of; to realize; to appreciate
- to wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists)
- 转向 zhuàn xiàng: 转向 zhuan4 xiang4: to get lost; to lose one's way转向 zhuǎn xiàng: 转向 zhuan3 xiang4: to change direction; fig. to change one's stance
- to initiate; to start; to found
- to comply with; to follow (directives); to defer (to the judgment of superiors)
- national calamity
- to impede; to hold sb back
- to travel; to go on a tour; to roam
- bridle; halter; to restrain; to detain; to lodge; inn
- major achievement; great work; triumphant success
- subtle words with profound meaning (idiom)
- summit; apex; pinnacle (of one's career etc); peak (of a civilization etc)
- macro-; macroscopic; holistic
- to be born; (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc); (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn); bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
- (idiom) to use a talented person in a role far beneath their ability; a waste of talent
- lit. bitter fruit; fig. painful consequence
- lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom); fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection
- to reward and promote
- less advanced; underdeveloped; lagging behind; the younger generation; the less experienced ones
- talent and learning; scholarship