- memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
- Tang dynasty (618-907)
- court eunuch
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- disaster; misfortune; calamity
- front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 明 Míng: 明 Ming2: Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God明 míng: 明 ming2: bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
- (of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend; (fig.) to stand guard; to protect
- 非 Fēi: 非 Fei1: abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa非 fēi: 非 fei1: to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- people
- profound; deep; deep-going
- impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory
- to review troops; military parade
- usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable; to make; to cause; to bring about
- capital of a country
- bubbling and gurgling; hubbubing; abuzz
- who; also pr. [shui2]
- to return; to come back
- unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- 当 dāng: 当 dang1: (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)当 dāng: 当 dang1: to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at当 dàng: 当 dang4: at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
- all levels of society; the imperial court and the ordinary people
- gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
- to attach importance to sth; to value
- for a moment; momentarily
- the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
- inside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately; about
- none doesn't; there is none who isn't; everyone
- to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- 唐 táng: 唐 tang2: to exaggerate; empty; in vain唐 Táng: 唐 Tang2: Tang dynasty (618–907); surname Tang
- the tracks of a cart that overturned; (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past
- example; precedent; rule; case; instance
- among; in; included among these
- to be influenced
- deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom)
- to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
- now; this moment
- see 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
- see 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]
- see 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]
- see 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]
- 省 xǐng: 省 xing3: (bound form) to scrutinize; (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct); (bound form) to come to realize; (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)省 shěng: 省 sheng3: to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)
- in succession; following closely
- to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- flood; flood damage
- 牛 níu: 牛 niu2: ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome牛 Níu: 牛 Niu2: surname Niu
- 遂 súi: 遂 sui2: used in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2]; Taiwan pr. [sui4]遂 sùi: 遂 sui4: to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach