- ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility
- to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward
- (piece of) news; information; message; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to return to the capital
- on the road; on the way; en route
- 废 fèi: 废 fei4: to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste废 fèi: 废 fei4: disabled
- 溥 Pǔ: 溥 Pu3: surname Pu溥 pǔ: 溥 pu3: extensive; pervading
- 千 qiān: 千 qian1: thousand千 qiān: 千 qian1: used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- to rush about; to be constantly on the move
- 末日 Mò rì: 末日 Mo4 ri4: Judgment Day (in Christian eschatology)末日 mò rì: 末日 mo4 ri4: last day; end; final days; doomsday
- dusk; evening; nightfall
- see 黃粱夢|黄粱梦[huang2 liang2 meng4]
- 归 Gūi: 归 Gui1: surname Gui归 gūi: 归 gui1: to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
- dust
- (bird species of China) Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus)
- to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
- 帖 tiè: 帖 tie4: rubbing from incised inscription帖 tiě: 帖 tie3: invitation card; notice帖 tiē: 帖 tie1: fitting snugly; appropriate; suitable; to paste; to obey
- to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom
- ample reward; to reward generously
- (of an illness) to occur; (of a person) to get sick; to fall ill; onset (of a medical condition)
- to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- 新 xīn: 新 xin1: new; newly; meso- (chemistry)新 Xīn: 新 Xin1: abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin
- owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- patron; backer; close to a mountain
- one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 倒 dǎo: 倒 dao3: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit倒 dào: 倒 dao4: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
- to search; to look for; to seek
- to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion; to retire
- 得 děi: 得 dei3: to have to; must; ought to; to need to得 dé: 得 de2: to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished得 dè: 得 de4: used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得 de: 得 de5: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
- karmic retribution (resulting from evil deeds, in contrast to karmic reward 好報|好报[hao3 bao4])
- everything; every; all
- 成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- 空 kòng: 空 kong4: to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time空 kōng: 空 kong1: empty; air; sky; in vain
- to be good at; to be adept at
- toadying for personal gain; to curry favor; to study in great depth
- imperial palace
- to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- slave
- 术 zhú: 术 zhu2: various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea术 shù: 术 shu4: method; technique
- to fawn on; to ingratiate oneself; (literary) to meet face to face