- to uncover; to open
- many; quite a few; a good number of
- answer to a riddle
- reign name of Qing emperor (1861-1875)
- seven; 7
- July; seventh month (of the lunar year)
- An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty)
- cap badge (official sign of rank in Qing dynasty)
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- just recently; just a moment ago
- to get; to obtain; to receive
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- 后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 蓝 lán: 蓝 lan2: blue; indigo plant蓝 Lán: 蓝 Lan2: surname Lan
- tail feathers; plume
- only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- cause; reason; because
- egotistical; arrogant; brassy
- (bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother
- to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor
- to conduct oneself with dignity; to be dignified; deadweight
- end; finish
- 以 yǐ: 以 yi3: to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)以 Yǐ: 以 Yi3: abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- to go against; to be contrary to; to violate
- capital of a country (literary)
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
- 于 Yú: 于 Yu2: surname Yu于 yú: 于 yu2: to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle于 yú: 于 yu2: (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- eight
- August; eighth month (of the lunar year)
- (bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- see 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
- inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times
- 丁 dīng: 丁 ding1: male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl丁 Dīng: 丁 Ding1: surname Ding丁 zhēng: 丁 zheng1: used in 丁丁[zheng1 zheng1]
- jewel; gem; treasure; precious
- (old) privet (genus Ligustrum); (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction; (fig.) mainstay; pillar; backbone
- see 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4]
- to execute; the law