- evening; night; CL:個|个[ge4]; in the evening
- 铺 pù: 铺 pu4: store铺 pù: 铺 pu4: plank bed; place to sleep; shop; store; (old) relay station铺 pū: 铺 pu1: to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker
- bedding; bedclothes
- next; secondly
- to have a meal; to eat; to make a living
- to wash the dishes
- to light a cigarette
- no good
- will; shall; to be going to
- to receive a scolding
- to take a beating; to come under attack
- to be made to stand still as a punishment
- to punish by protracted kneeling
- 连 Lián: 连 Lian2: surname Lian连 lián: 连 lian2: to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even; company (military)
- community; colony
- layered; structured; made up of distinct parts
- 明朝 míng zhāo: 明朝 ming2 zhao1: tomorrow morning; the following morning明朝 Míng cháo: 明朝 Ming2 chao2: Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
- to compare
- though; although
- number of people
- already
- relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart
- to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
- many; a lot of; much
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- along with; in the wake of; following
- easy and comfortable; easy
- wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- to extend; to spread
- to require; to need; to want; necessity; need
- manpower; staff; human hand
- gradually
- to increase; to grow in number
- to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- Xianfeng (1831-1861), reign name of Qing emperor, reigned from 1850-1861; Xianfeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei
- in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade)
- 监 jiàn: 监 jian4: (bound form) supervisor; supervisory office (in imperial China)监 jiān: 监 jian1: to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison
- mechanism; structure; organization; agency; institution; CL:所[suo3]
- still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often
- 处 chǔ: 处 chu3: to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish处 chù: 处 chu4: (bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, point
- near; close to; approximately
- to have; to incorporate; to feature