- son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific)
- heir apparent to a throne
- (PRC) flow of people from the countryside into the cities; rural migrant without definite prospects; drifter
- dusky
- to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior
- antiquity
- to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail
- outside the door
- (so as) to avoid; to prevent; (just) in case
- prince; son of a king
- bearing; manner; presence
- to twirl (in the fingers)
- Buddhist prayer beads
- sedan chair; palanquin; litter
- wife's mother; mother-in-law
- harem; chambers of imperial concubines
- soft; gentle; pliable
- vibrato (of stringed instrument); trill (in phonetics)
- a man; a male
- to play around; to disport oneself
- major undertaking; vast plan; grand prospect
- respect for the wise
- to wield (political etc) power; be in power
- favorable criticism; positive evaluation
- to organize; to put together; to edit
- to agree (on a meeting place, date etc); to reach agreement; to make an appointment
- to cede; cession
- oafish; dull-witted
- handsome; large; long
- to suppress by armed force; to send a punitive expedition against; to crusade against
- Kyrgyzstan
- thankless wretch; an ingrate
- expeditionary force; army on a distant expedition
- in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derog.)
- Syr Darya, Central Asian river, flowing from Kyrgiz Republic through Kazakhstan to the Aral sea
- distressed; alarmed; shocked; grieved
- patrol
- border guard; frontier army
- landslide; landslip