- nephew by the male line
- 冀 Jì: 冀 Ji4: short name for Hebei 河北[He2 bei3]; surname Ji冀 jì: 冀 ji4: (literary) to hope for
- 台 tāi: 台 tai1: used in place names台 tái: 台 tai2: (classical) you (in letters)台 Tái: 台 Tai2: Taiwan (abbr.); surname Tai台 tái: 台 tai2: desk; table; counter台 Tái: 台 Tai2: Taiwan (abbr.)台 tái: 台 tai2: platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines台 tái: 台 tai2: typhoon
- nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
- 白 Bái: 白 Bai2: surname Bai; Bai ethnic group白 bái: 白 bai2: white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera
- 世 Shì: 世 Shi4: surname Shi世 shì: 世 shi4: life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble
- 义 Yì: 义 Yi4: surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])义 yì: 义 yi4: justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship
- 同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize
- 贡 Gòng: 贡 Gong4: surname Gong贡 gòng: 贡 gong4: to offer tribute; tribute; gifts
- they; them
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
- village
- distance apart; separated by a given distance
- insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not
- who; also pr. [shui2]
- article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning; CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]
- 比 Bǐ: 比 Bi3: Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]比 bǐ: 比 bi3: to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
- to fall well short (in terms of quality, quantity or degree)
- a scholar or government official living in one's village; a village gentleman; squire
- 土 tǔ: 土 tu3: earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]土 Tǔ: 土 Tu3: surname Tu; Tu ethnic group
- rich man; moneybags
- capital of a country (literary)
- officialdom; bureaucracy
- any; whatever; whichever
- way of doing sth; the right social connection
- whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible?
- by contrast; but as for this...; viewed from another angle; subjectively; introspection
- cause; reason; because
- cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
- unavoidable; can't be avoided
- to comment; to talk about; to discuss; discussion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one)
- excelling both in morals and studies (idiom); top marks for studies and for behavior (at school); a paragon of virtue and learning
- scholar preparing for imperial examinations (in former times)
- to recommend (for admission to school)