- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- everywhere
- lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture; arrogant and bossy
- to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around; to bluff; to bluster
- ordinary people; the "person in the street"; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 只 zhǐ: 只 zhi3: only; merely; just只 zhī: 只 zhi1: grain that has begun to ripen只 zhī: 只 zhi1: classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- to hate; to regret
- 没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 家 jiā: 家 jia1: used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]家 jiā: 家 jia1: home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- child
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- court eunuch; palace eunuch
- county magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- dissatisfied; discontented; resentful; (before a number) to be less than
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- to face; to confront
- Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine)
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- disaster; calamity
- 好 hào: 好 hao4: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to好 hǎo: 好 hao3: good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
- 更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied
- fortunately
- to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over
- hurriedly
- Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安[Xi1 an1]), capital of several Chinese dynasties from 202 BC to 907 CE; see 長安區|长安区[Chang2 an1 Qu1]
- capital of a country
- to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- world-famous (idiom)
- world
- the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
- ancient capital
- one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)
- history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]
- 上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上 shàng: 上 shang4: (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- to establish a capital
- (concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time