- 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]
- mood; state of mind; moodiness; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- along with; in the wake of; following
- situation; state (of affairs)
- idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- nature; natural; naturally
- bright; clear; obvious; forthright; open-minded; bright and cheerful
- injustice; grievance; wrong
- improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade
- happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
- on the one hand
- to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
- to fawn on; to ingratiate oneself; (literary) to meet face to face
- to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation
- to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study
- on the other hand; another aspect
- wantonly; without restraint (of enemy or malefactor); unbridled
- see 徇私舞弊[xun4 si1 wu3 bi4]
- all; to have; to possess; to own
- to meet face to face; to meet in person
- to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
- 通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
- to make a report (to a superior); to give; to endow; to receive; petition
- not only (... but also ...)
- tribute
- important; significant; major
- to bribe; a bribe
- to have an audience (with the Emperor)
- smoothly; without a hitch
- to open access; to establish contact; to remove a block; to put through (a phone connection)
- to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
- checkpoint (for taxation, security etc); (fig.) barrier; hurdle; red tape; CL:道[dao4]; Taiwan pr. [guan1ka3]
- sometimes; now and then
- property; belongings
- to present tribute (to a suzerain, the emperor etc)
- July; seventh month (of the lunar year)
- plenipotentiary; fully authorized representative
- protocol; treaty
- 签 qiān: 签 qian1: to sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document; visa签 qiān: 签 qian1: inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021; cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising