- to seek; to look for
- savior
- to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (often used in the negative) to care about
- sense of beauty; aesthetic perception
- to pray; to say a prayer
- philosophic theory; philosophy
- to encourage; to foster; to foment
- or; could it be that...?
- to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in
- 错 Cùo: 错 Cuo4: surname Cuo错 cùo: 错 cuo4: mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver
- to forget
- forty; 40
- to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave
- scholar preparing for imperial examinations (in former times)
- fact; actual thing; practical matter
- 谈 Tán: 谈 Tan2: surname Tan谈 tán: 谈 tan2: to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss
- conclusion; verdict; CL:個|个[ge4]; to conclude; to reach a verdict
- tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up
- starting point; (fig.) basis; motive
- baseless (lie); without foundation
- pretension; affectation; putting on artificial airs
- senior partner in sworn brotherhood
- (idiom) propriety, justice, integrity and a sense of shame (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维[si4 wei2])
- Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
- Guan Zhong (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period; known as Guangzi 管子
- the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor; see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3]; the four directions; the four limbs (Chinese medicine); four-dimensional
- motto; maxim
- to insert; to take turns, alternate; to interweave; to interlace; subplot; interlude; episode; (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces
- (Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society)
- simple; plain; unadorned; unaffected; unsophisticated; rustic; earthy
- honesty; trustworthiness; good faith
- (bound form) frugal; thrifty
- to change; to fluctuate; change; fluctuation
- sequence; order; (literary) to arrange (books) in serial order
- Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity; piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends
- 仁爱 Rén ài: 仁爱 Ren2 ai4: Ren'ai or Jenai District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 Shi4], Taiwan; Ren'ai or Jenai Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan仁爱 rén ài: 仁爱 ren2 ai4: benevolence; charity; compassion
- casually; in passing
- (bound form) to scold; to expel breath; (onom.) laughter (usu. reduplicated); interjection of surprise