- 了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- to admire
- capability; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
- fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe
- 这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
- 也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- all one's life; throughout one's life
- 中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong
- (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- luster; splendor; radiance; brilliance
- affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility); person in charge; manager; (old) butler (of a rich family); chief steward
- to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- to dote on and trust
- court eunuch; palace eunuch
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent
- first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one)
- to issue an imperial edict
- 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
- urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious
- 召 zhào: 召 zhao4: to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)召 Shào: 召 Shao4: surname Shao; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
- to enter the capital; to go to Beijing
- to discuss official business
- 后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)
- to carry (on one's person); to support (old); Taiwan pr. [xi1 dai4]
- a few; several; how many
- attendant
- to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- Tianjin municipality (short name 津[Jin1])
- the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind
- lit. covered in dust (idiom); fig. travel-worn
- 地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- to hurry (to some place)
- Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
- to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 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)