- very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
- to get through the winter
- tactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave; soft
- to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity)
- to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents
- to open up; to set up; to establish
- to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task; strenuous; laborious; strain
- (idiom) to live forever and never grow old
- physiology
- (coll.) to quit one's job in disgust
- popsicle; ice lolly; CL:根[gen1]
- Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子[Lao3 zi3] (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC)
- journey; trip
- horse hindquarters; flattery; boot-licking
- (humble) I (used by Taoists)
- providence; the Will of Heaven
- to have heard what was said
- hale and hearty
- 药 yào: 药 yao4: leaf of the iris药 yào: 药 yao4: medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]; to poison
- Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms
- make light of traveling a thousand li; go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
- (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- 仁义 rén yì: 仁义 ren2 yi4: benevolence and righteousness仁义 rén yi: 仁义 ren2 yi5: affable and even-tempered
- (idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points
- (idiom) to prolong life; to extend lifespan
- 召 Shào: 召 Shao4: surname Shao; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province召 zhào: 召 zhao4: to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
- candid; frank; plain dealing
- (lit. quantity of spirit); moral character; degree of forbearance; broad-mindedness or otherwise; tolerance; magnanimity
- way; means; channel
- magnanimous; generous; broad-minded
- to address sb deferentially; title; honorific
- master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- a god living in our midst (sb who can predict the future like a prophet or who leads a life without constraints)
- the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism
- South China; see 南華縣|南华县[Nan2 hua2 Xian4]
- sutra; Taoist treatise
- (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal
- student; schoolchild