- before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to pay homage (at a monument, mausoleum etc)
- as for; as to; to go so far as to
- twenty; 20
- is precisely
- 人大 rén dà: 人大 ren2 da4: people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会[ren2 min2 dai4 biao3 da4 hui4])人大 Rén dà: 人大 Ren2 da4: Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Da4 xue2])
- to enjoy (rights, privileges etc)
- 种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
- 说法 shūo fǎ: 说法 shuo1 fa3: to expound Buddhist teachings说法 shūo fa: 说法 shuo1 fa5: way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation
- popular; in demand; well regarded
- one's later years
- one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)
- since (a time); ever since
- to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse
- coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
- due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because
- Guangxu Emperor
- unreliable
- to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- desolate; unfrequented; to treat sb coldly; to snub; to cold shoulder
- to run away; to flee (the country)
- 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
- (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
- to be a favorite; favor
- central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart
- (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ...
- mind
- position; place; seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip
- to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
- years of age; age
- already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 坐 zùo: 坐 zuo4: to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit坐 Zùo: 坐 Zuo4: surname Zuo
- the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background
- to avoid suffering; to prevent (sth bad); to protect against (damage); immunity (from prosecution); freedom (from pain, damage etc); exempt from punishment
- to be on foot
- bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly