- life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- alcohol; wine with high alcohol content; rich; pure; good wine; sterols
- prince
- 为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to
- premier; prime minister; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- navy
- yamen, government office in dynastic China
- (political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)
- chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
- to celebrate
- abundant; graceful
- zealous
- the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
- Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
- 会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect); (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])
- good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect
- Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia
- assist in managing; deputy
- to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
- to found; to establish
- navy vessel; (coast guard) patrol boat
- to spend; to pay out; expenses; expenditure
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- huge; enormous; tremendous
- to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately
- national treasury
- 支 zhī: 支 zhi1: to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions支 Zhī: 支 Zhi1: surname Zhi
- to dismiss from office; to expel
- (idiom) to lack the ability to do what one would wish
- I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned
- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about
- heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 从 cóng: 从 cong2: from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor从 Cóng: 从 Cong2: surname Cong
- 少 shào: 少 shao4: young少 shǎo: 少 shao3: few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
- 得 de: 得 de5: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得 dé: 得 de2: to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished得 dè: 得 de4: used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得 děi: 得 dei3: to have to; must; ought to; to need to
- pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on
- funds; expenditure; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- 中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- to deduct
- portion; part of; subset