- to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement
- to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties
- (coll.) unable to withstand; cannot bear; can't stand it; no match for
- everyone
- inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- the actual situation; the truth
- original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- (literary) exemplary; virtuous
- senior concubine; imperial consort
- in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day
- to become; to turn into
- to be in a position of power
- after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female
- factor; (genetic) trait; (math.) factor; divisor
- 贵 gùi: 贵 gui4: expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank; (prefix) (honorific) your贵 Gùi: 贵 Gui4: short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
- from now on; since then; henceforth
- more (than sth else); even more
- (idiom) to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant
- 载 zài: 载 zai4: to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously载 zǎi: 载 zai3: to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; year
- genuine; pure; honest
- to succeed to the throne; accession
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- lit. to govern from behind the curtain; to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
- 安 ān: 安 an1: (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1 yu2]); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1 pei2])安 ān: 安 An1: surname An
- pure and honest; simple and kind
- good and honest; kindhearted
- a good wife and loving mother
- 不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not
- to urge on (of horse); to drive; to steer; to handle; to manage; to master; to dominate
- politics; political
- expert; professional
- hard to (predict, imagine etc)
- to make a decision; resolution; decisiveness; resolute
- over time; as time passes; in the fullness of time
- power; authority
- 落 lùo: 落 luo4: to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement落 là: 落 la4: to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind落 lào: 落 lao4: colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds
- to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
- one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously
- black hair
- 散 sǎn: 散 san3: scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine散 sàn: 散 san4: to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack
- 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)