- Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine)
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 好 hǎo: 好 hao3: good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello好 hào: 好 hao4: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- to comb one's hair
- (literary) brothel; pleasure quarters
- to learn a skill or art
- to dote on and trust
- sufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as; to act falsely as; to pose as
- eyes and ears; sb's attention or notice; information; knowledge; spies
- to help; to assist
- 顾 Gù: 顾 Gu4: surname Gu顾 gù: 顾 gu4: to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
- life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
- (literary) exemplary; virtuous
- senior concubine; imperial consort
- 降 xiáng: 降 xiang2: to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame降 jiàng: 降 jiang4: to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend
- to bestow (favors, charity etc)
- name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- (old) (esp. of the Emperor) to show special favor towards
- forty; 40
- 过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo
- 寿 Shòu: 寿 Shou4: surname Shou寿 shòu: 寿 shou4: long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary
- 年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- ginseng
- to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero-
- respected; respectable; honorable
- to look for an opportunity
- to unload; to unhitch; to remove or strip; to get rid of
- abundant; graceful
- power; authority
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- see 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4]; see 西安區|西安区[Xi1 an1 Qu1]
- to serve; to wait upon
- be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
- wrist; trickery; finesse; ability; skill
- flexible; nimble; agile
- 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
- (literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect; to gather; Taiwan pr. [lian4]
- wealth; money
- insincerity; hypocrisy; insincerely
- to rescue; to render emergency aid
- to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old)
- round flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- 看 kān: 看 kan1: to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard看 kàn: 看 kan4: to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for
- power; momentum; tendency; impetus; situation; the look of things
- to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic
- 要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important