- 大 dà: 大 da4: big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)大 dài: 大 dai4: see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- to damage; to injure
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- antique; curio
- pearls; jewels; precious stones
- to lose; to misplace
- many; quite a few; a good number of
- finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last
- to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- to snatch (esp related to a robbery)
- still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- can't
- to follow up a study; to investigate
- only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- marketplace; market; bazaar; (economics) market
- in perfect order
- 买卖 mǎi mài: 买卖 mai3 mai4: to buy and sell买卖 mǎi mai: 买卖 mai3 mai5: purchase and sale; transaction; shop; store
- store; shop
- normal; regular
- to do business; to trade
- gradually
- to retire; to remove; to withdraw; to evacuate
- return of the emperor
- to show understanding; to excuse; to presume; to expect
- 可 kě: 可 ke3: (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however可 kè: 可 ke4: used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
- not to be worried about; all taken care of
- 便 pián: 便 pian2: used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]便 biàn: 便 bian4: plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards
- that very night; through the night; for several nights in a row
- to return to; to come (or go) back
- 向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...向 Xiàng: 向 Xiang4: surname Xiang向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: to tend toward; to guide向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: direction; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
- detailed; in detail; minute
- to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption; CL:個|个[ge4]
- now; at present; currently
- circumstances; situation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
- 和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He和 hé: 和 he2: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
- Summer Palace in Beijing
- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
- (before a two-syllable verb) considerably; greatly (exaggerate); vehemently (oppose); severely (punish); extensively (refurbish); effusively (praise)
- to admire; to praise; to appreciate
- 称 chēng: 称 cheng1: to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise称 chèn: 称 chen4: to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]
- his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 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