- lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom); fig. the transformations of the world
- 新 Xīn: 新 Xin1: abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin新 xīn: 新 xin1: new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- to descend; to arrive; to come
- correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
- (literary) how is one to know?
- today
- 宁 zhù: 宁 zhu4: to store; to stand; space between the door and the entrance screen宁 Níng: 宁 Ning2: abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]; surname Ning宁 níng: 宁 ning2: peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)宁 nìng: 宁 ning4: would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience
- sages of the past; worthy predecessors
- similar; alike
- bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
- 困 kùn: 困 kun4: to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute困 kùn: 困 kun4: sleepy; tired
- 数 shùo: 数 shuo4: (literary) frequently; repeatedly数 shǔ: 数 shu3: to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list数 shù: 数 shu4: number; figure; several; a few
- in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade)
- quiet
- study (room); studio; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He和 hé: 和 he2: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
- archive library
- 春秋 Chūn qīu: 春秋 Chun1 qiu1: Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)春秋 chūn qīu: 春秋 chun1 qiu1: spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)
- 易 Yì: 易 Yi4: surname Yi; I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1])易 yì: 易 yi4: easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"
- 当 dāng: 当 dang1: (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)当 dāng: 当 dang1: to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at当 dàng: 当 dang4: at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- dry and dull; uninteresting; tedious
- day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
- the wording and purport of what one writes
- 滑 huá: 滑 hua2: to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted滑 Huá: 滑 Hua2: surname Hua
- 过去 gùo qu: 过去 guo4 qu5: (verb suffix)过去 gùo qù: 过去 guo4 qu4: (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
- entire book; unabridged book
- final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- exclamation point; exclamation mark (!)
- 划 huá: 划 hua2: to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth)划 huà: 划 hua4: to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character划 huá: 划 hua2: to cut; to slash; to scratch (cut into the surface of sth); to strike (a match)
- 时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- outer or inner corner of the eye; canthus
- party; delegation
- not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- to describe; description
- whether (or not); if; is or isn't