- thorough; thoroughly; complete
- to perish; to ruin; to destroy
- a rare treasure; sth priceless and unique
- antique; curio
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- to loot; looting
- 空 kòng: 空 kong4: to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time空 kōng: 空 kong1: empty; air; sky; in vain
- to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
- to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head
- national treasury
- to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry
- to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
- 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
- Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan 顏淵|颜渊[Yan2 Yuan1]
- to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4])
- satisfied just to get through (idiom); to muddle through; without high ambitions, but getting by
- 挨 āi: 挨 ai1: in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to挨 ái: 挨 ai2: to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle
- 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
- plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that
- to see
- whole; entire; total
- 江山 Jiāng shān: 江山 Jiang1 shan1: see 江山市[Jiang1 shan1 Shi4]江山 jiāng shān: 江山 jiang1 shan1: rivers and mountains; landscape; country; state power
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 毁 hǔi: 毁 hui3: to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander毁 hǔi: 毁 hui3: to destroy by fire毁 hǔi: 毁 hui3: to defame; to slander
- 成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- from now on; since then; henceforth
- to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- July; seventh month (of the lunar year)
- 连 Lián: 连 Lian2: surname Lian连 lián: 连 lian2: to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even; company (military)
- (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- to reverse a desperate situation
- without hope; hopeless; without prospects
- 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便 pián: 便 pian2: used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]
- to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans
- future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements
- (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- (old) (esp. of the Emperor) to show special favor towards
- senior concubine; imperial consort
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- (literary) exemplary; virtuous
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908