- luxury home; mansion
- 时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle
- to congratulate; to celebrate
- early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose
- whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national
- down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- imperial decree; purport; aim; purpose
- 要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- 过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo
- governor general 總督|总督[zong3 du1] and inspector general 巡撫|巡抚[xun2 fu3]
- specialist; person appointed for specific task
- to come (formal); before; previously
- 祝 zhù: 祝 zhu4: to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies祝 Zhù: 祝 Zhu4: surname Zhu
- 嘏 jiǎ: 嘏 jia3: far; grand嘏 gǔ: 嘏 gu3: good fortune; longevity
- namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- to congratulate; congratulations; CL:個|个[ge4]
- birthday (of an old person)
- in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice
- to notify; to inform; notice; notification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- everyone; influential family; great expert
- princes and dukes; aristocrat
- chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants; to toady; boot-licking
- capability; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
- imperial edict
- this; these
- to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- common people
- more (than sth else); even more
- to work hard; to do one's very best; to throw oneself into the task at hand
- lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
- to sharpen
- head; skull; brains; mental capability; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 钻 zuān: 钻 zuan1: to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain钻 zuàn: 钻 zuan4: drill; auger; diamond
- way of doing sth; the right social connection