- main street; avenue
- both sides; either side
- to kneel
- to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 宫 gōng: 宫 gong1: palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale宫 Gōng: 宫 Gong1: surname Gong
- to look; to have a glimpse at; to observe (sth's splendor)
- Empress Dowager
- 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 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 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 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He
- emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 的 dì: 的 di4: (bound form) bull's-eye; target的 de: 的 de5: of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs的 dī: 的 di1: a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])的 dí: 的 di2: really and truly
- day; sky; heaven
- 颜 Yán: 颜 Yan2: surname Yan颜 yán: 颜 yan2: color; face; countenance
- ordinary people; the "person in the street"; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye
- 都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du
- to fall over each other in their eagerness to...
- 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
- they; them
- sedan chair; palanquin; litter
- fruit (plural sense); melons and fruit
- straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
- to seize an opportunity
- 说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade
- some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- 哄 hōng: 哄 hong1: roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd)哄 hǒng: 哄 hong3: to deceive; to coax; to amuse (a child)哄 hòng: 哄 hong4: tumult; uproar; commotion; disturbance
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
- lucky; auspicious; propitious
- dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- interesting; fascinating; amusing
- index (loanword)
- from time to time; now and then; occasionally; frequently
- to burst out laughing; to laugh
- (literary) (of an emperor while traveling) to stop over; to lodge temporarily en route
- conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort
- reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908)
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- see 龍門縣|龙门县[Long2 men2 Xian4]; see 龍門石窟|龙门石窟[Long2 men2 Shi2 ku1]; see 龍門山|龙门山[Long2 men2 Shan1]; Dragon Gate, mythical gate at the crest of a waterfall over which a carp may leap to become a dragon; (fig.) gateway to success or greatness
- to go sightseeing; to tour; to visit; CL:次[ci4]