- 东 dōng: 东 dong1: east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord东 Dōng: 东 Dong1: surname Dong
- street; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 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]
- decorated archway
- soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- suburbs
- 车 chē: 车 che1: car; vehicle; CL:輛|辆[liang4]; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159车 Chē: 车 Che1: surname Che车 jū: 车 ju1: war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)
- polished glutinous rice
- lane; alley
- to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- at this time; at this moment
- the sound of a bell
- your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific); to erupt; to begin abruptly
- sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳
- the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
- under the foot
- common people
- to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail
- lit. urgent beating of gongs and drums (idiom); fig. to urgently prepare for an upcoming event
- 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
- 相 Xiāng: 相 Xiang1: surname Xiang相 xiāng: 相 xiang1: each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])相 xiàng: 相 xiang4: appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
- (bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to; (before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiao3]
- to obtain; to receive; to get
- 多少 dūo shǎo: 多少 duo1 shao3: number; amount; somewhat多少 dūo shao: 多少 duo1 shao5: how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
- more (than sth else); even more
- to pay attention to; to emphasize
- prospects; future outlook; journey
- (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of
- to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
- to live; life; livelihood
- unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- altar
- or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
- ancestral hall; memorial hall
- equivalent to 就可以; can then (do sth); can immediately (do sth); (do sth) and that will suffice
- to seize the opportune moment; to lose no time
- to praise; to commend; to compliment
- not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)