- to return to
- Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
- conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort
- to be decapitated (idiom)
- (bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor; Taiwan pr. [si4]
- 令 líng: 令 ling2: used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])令 lǐng: 令 ling3: classifier for a ream of paper令 lìng: 令 ling4: to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem
- to kill oneself; to commit suicide
- the rest; the others; remaining; remainder; apart from them
- five; 5
- to send away to serve a penal sentence
- border area; borderland; frontier; frontier region
- sufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as; to act falsely as; to pose as
- forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle
- in an instant
- (idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- illustrious; prominent; prestigious; well-known
- coup d'état
- fifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041
- since then; henceforth
- 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
- in a way that justifies the use of the term; genuine; proper; in a way that conforms to logic; justifiable; appropriate; perfectly legitimate
- lit. to govern from behind the curtain; to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
- actually; in fact; really
- to weed out the traitors
- to be promoted to
- supervisor; foreman; head waiter or waitress
- to discuss politics
- to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- because; owing to; on account of
- to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve
- to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility); person in charge; manager; (old) butler (of a rich family); chief steward
- court eunuch; palace eunuch
- it is said that; reportedly
- 称 chèn: 称 chen4: to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]称 chēng: 称 cheng1: to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise
- plum; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- time; length of time; moment; period
- to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
- his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- nickname; diminutive; term of endearment; to nickname