- complexion; look
- all the more; even more; further
- dignified; grave (expression); imposing (attitude); heavy (atmosphere); (music etc) deep and resounding
- to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly)
- to write (used before or after a quoted passage)
- the rules and discipline that apply within a family; stick used for punishing children or servants; traditions of an artistic or academic school of thought, passed on from master to pupil
- 严 Yán: 严 Yan2: surname Yan严 yán: 严 yan2: tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father
- to drive; to manage; to control
- 宦 Huàn: 宦 Huan4: surname Huan宦 huàn: 宦 huan4: imperial official; court eunuch
- Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
- 立 Lì: 立 Li4: surname Li立 lì: 立 li4: to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately
- 铁 Tiě: 铁 Tie3: surname Tie铁 tiě: 铁 tie3: iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)
- signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]); brand; trademark; mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]); (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2 pai2] and 曲牌[qu3 pai2])
- 更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more
- bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly
- 法 Fǎ: 法 Fa3: France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]法 fǎ: 法 fa3: law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])法 fǎ: 法 fa3: law
- to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
- 圣母 shèng mǔ: 圣母 sheng4 mu3: goddess圣母 Shèng mǔ: 圣母 Sheng4 mu3: the Virgin Mary
- An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后
- 假 gēi: 假 gei1: used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]假 jiǎ: 假 jia3: fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose假 jià: 假 jia4: vacation假 jiǎ: 假 jia3: to borrow
- to buy on a considerable scale; to purchase; to procure; to stock up
- 京 Jīng: 京 Jing1: surname Jing; short name for Beijing 北京[Bei3 jing1]; Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi; Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam京 jīng: 京 jing1: capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old); artificial mound (old)
- to install; to place; to put; to buy
- important classic text; severe laws
- the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty
- to ascend the throne
- 张 Zhāng: 张 Zhang1: surname Zhang张 zhāng: 张 zhang1: to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
- to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
- (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
- 重 chóng: 重 chong2: to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer重 zhòng: 重 zhong4: heavy; serious; to attach importance to
- to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China); to banish or exile; (of immortals) to banish from Heaven; to censure; to blame
- to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate
- slave
- to thread (a needle); (bound form) to sew; to stitch; (literary) very grateful
- 纪 Jǐ: 纪 Ji3: surname Ji; also pr. [Ji4]纪 jì: 纪 ji4: order; discipline; age; era; period; to chronicle
- respectful; solemn; awed
- to deceive; there is none
- to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
- unrestrained; unbridled; free and unrestrained (style); bold
- forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle
- 随 Súi: 随 Sui2: surname Sui随 súi: 随 sui2: to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently
- to arrive; most; to; until