- Taishang Huang; Retired Emperor; father of the reigning emperor; fig. puppet master
- 以 yǐ: 以 yi3: to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)以 Yǐ: 以 Yi3: abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- a man; a male
- to call; to address as; form of address; appellation
- to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- (coll.) father; dad; CL:位[wei4]
- in order to; so as to
- to flaunt; to advertise; to parade; boost; excessive praise
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- legitimacy
- under one's control or administration; subordinates; (money etc) on hand; sb's financial means; when taking action
- plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- for; for the purpose of; in order to
- to cater to; to pander to
- 种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate
- way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)
- to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (CL:點|点[dian3])
- title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father; nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]
- to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer)
- happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of
- unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- method; way; technique; procedure
- indeed; really; reliable; real; true
- correct; right; not bad; pretty good
- 它 tā: 它 ta1: it它 tā: 它 ta1: it (pronoun for an animal)
- to legalize; to make legal; legalization
- Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month; see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4]; sticky rice dumplings
- festive day; holiday
- inside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately; about
- full of joy (idiom); jubilation
- scene; sight (to behold)
- Danei, a district in Tainan 台南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan
- jubilation; festive
- rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway; CL:副[fu4],幅[fu2]
- door god
- to replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc)
- within; less than
- each; every
- palace hall
- 门 Mén: 门 Men2: surname Men门 mén: 门 men2: gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)