- to force; to compel; to coerce
- so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- 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)
- surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled; a certain ...; a given ...
- to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- at one's side; on hand
- always
- disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck
- nowadays; now
- to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts
- 头 tou: 头 tou5: suffix for nouns头 tóu: 头 tou2: head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to agree; to consent; to approve
- affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- to acquire; to get; to obtain
- to make headway; to make progress
- that very night; through the night; for several nights in a row
- 派 pā: 派 pa1: used in 派司[pa1 si5]派 pài: 派 pai4: (literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction; (bound form) style; manner; to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb); classifier for factions, groups etc; (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc; (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...; (loanword) pie
- to notify; to inform; notice; notification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed
- next day; the morrow
- early morning; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to convene; to call together
- to issue an imperial edict
- imperial edict
- 从 Cóng: 从 Cong2: surname Cong从 cóng: 从 cong2: from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- crown prince
- throne
- explosion; bang; boom; rumble; to attack; to shoo away; to expel
- to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- position; status; place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom); fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline; to take a dive
- immediately; suddenly
- unmanned; uninhabited
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
- to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with
- already; since; both... (and...)
- 无 mó: 无 mo2: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]无 wú: 无 wu2: not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
- 望 wàng: 望 wang4: full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards望 wàng: 望 wang4: 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- unable to; incapable of
- 荫 yīn: 荫 yin1: (bound form) shade (of a tree)荫 yìn: 荫 yin4: shade
- office; duty
- ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually
- (idiom) hedonistic son of rich parents
- lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom); fig. everybody hits a man who is down