- 三 sān: 三 san1: three; 3三 Sān: 三 San1: surname San
- to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
- (onom.) gentle laughter; chuckle
- to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
- to vouch for; to guarantee
- to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- 着 zhe: 着 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state着 zhāo: 着 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add着 zháo: 着 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in着 zhúo: 着 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply
- to take an official post; to become a government employee
- just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that
- not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after
- 后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- see 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3]
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- county head magistrate (old)
- to fall vacant; a job opening at a high level
- 向 Xiàng: 向 Xiang4: surname Xiang向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: to tend toward; to guide向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: direction; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- now; this moment
- 归 gūi: 归 gui1: to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor归 Gūi: 归 Gui1: surname Gui
- political; politics; government
- at least; (to say the) least
- to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- to issue an imperial edict
- just by chance; to happen to (just at the right time); opportune
- 派 pài: 派 pai4: (literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction; (bound form) style; manner; to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb); classifier for factions, groups etc; (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc; (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...; (loanword) pie派 pā: 派 pa1: used in 派司[pa1 si5]
- precious thing; treasure; culinary delicacy; rare; valuable; to value highly
- imperial concubine
- teacher
- a relative (i.e. family relation); CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 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 fill a post of; to act as
- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- not yet; still not
- to travel to take up a new post
- 可 kě: 可 ke3: (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however可 kè: 可 ke4: used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
- since; as; this being the case
- no good
- to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
- to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans
- this; these
- office; duty
- 时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi
- to feel; to sense; to perceive
- to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage)
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however