Vocabulary: 大清相国
- very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (coll.) very; extremely
- see 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 Sheng3]
- duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame
- to check; to tally; to inventory
- to inspect and accept; acceptance
- to control; to dominate; to allocate
- (of speech) obscure; unclear; (of actions) vague; ineffectual
- to agree; to consent; to approve
- Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
- lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] to his cause by visiting him three times); fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb
- to try one's utmost; to strive
- choice of person; candidate
- 卜 bǔ: 卜 bu3: (bound form) to divine卜 Bǔ: 卜 Bu3: surname Bu卜 bó: 卜 bo2: used in 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]
- (bound form) site; location
- to go along; to follow
- to select a suitable site; site; location
- abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China; abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
- 岳阳楼 Yuè yáng Lóu: 岳阳楼 Yue4 yang2 Lou2: Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2]; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi岳阳楼 Yuè yáng lóu: 岳阳楼 Yue4 yang2 lou2: see 岳陽樓區|岳阳楼区[Yue4 yang2 lou2 Qu1]
- surname E; short name for Hubei 湖北[Hu2 bei3]
- Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985; favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes; Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[Cui1 Hao4], with theme 'the past will never return'; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
- worthy of celebration; gratifying; Congratulations!
- peaceful
- to have a lot on one's mind; to be laden with anxiety
- (to do sth) separately; as a separate action
- address; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus
- dazzling; brilliant
- (of cliffs etc) stand like a wall; rise steeply
- feng shui master; geomancer; stock figure in folk tales, as a wise adviser or a charlatan
- compass
- course of action; method of doing sth; practice; modus operandi
- to worry; to be concerned
- to open up; to set up; to establish
- financial resources; source of revenue
- easier said than done (idiom)
- draft (legislation, proposal etc)