- to receive orders; to follow orders; to act under orders
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- to convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke; to call together
- time; length of time; moment; period
- by chance; by coincidence; to happen to
- family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
- 孙 Sūn: 孙 Sun1: surname Sun孙 sūn: 孙 sun1: grandson; descendant
- to learn of (an event); to hear about (sth)
- (piece of) news; information; message; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- consistently; always (in the past and now)
- to trust; to have confidence in
- imperial palace
- 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
- to report (to one's superior)
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- already; to stop; then; afterwards
- (of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge; to leak (information)
- first of all; in the first place
- to be in (some state, position, or condition)
- danger; dangerous
- inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
- first draft; to draw up (a first version)
- imperial edict
- to send; to give as a present
- to receive (letter etc)
- in one's own handwriting
- to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
- hastily
- (of actors) to make up; to disguise oneself
- Tanggu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bin1 hai3 xin1 qu1]
- Shanghai municipality (short name 滬|沪[Hu4])
- to hurry (to some place)
- to escape; to flee; to run away
- next day; the morrow
- to have as its purpose; to be intended to; to aim to (do sth)
- (accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge
- to guide; to lead (around); to conduct; to boot; introduction; primer
- to see
- to allow no explanation
- to get on the boat
- to reach (a place) directly; (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping; (of a train, flight etc) direct; nonstop
- Yingtai, artificial island in Zhongnanhai 中南海[Zhong1 nan2 hai3], now serves as the site to host national banquets and receptions