- 间 jiān: 间 jian1: between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms间 jiàn: 间 jian4: gap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent
- to hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market)
- (not) ever again; (not) any longer
- to agree; to consent; to be willing to
- indeed; really; reliable; real; true
- to overwhelm; to overpower; overwhelming
- diner (in a restaurant etc); hanger-on; sponger
- actually; in fact; really
- what?; something; anything
- taste; flavor; feeling
- 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
- purpose; aim; goal; target; objective
- in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure
- to return; to go back
- together
- to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
- to laugh heartily; to burst into loud laughter
- title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father; nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]
- day; sky; heaven
- 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 live comfortably; to enjoy a happy life
- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
- (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that)
- 待 dāi: 待 dai1: to stay; to remain待 dài: 待 dai4: to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to
- to return home
- to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate
- power; influence; a force (military, political etc)
- 当时 dāng shí: 当时 dang1 shi2: then; at that time当时 dàng shí: 当时 dang4 shi2: immediately; right then
- unmanned; uninhabited
- to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems)
- 提 dī: 提 di1: used in 提防[di1 fang5] and 提溜[di1 liu5]提 tí: 提 ti2: to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid
- (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- it could even be said
- the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists); fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
- to touch; to contact; access; in touch with
- it is said that; reportedly
- 文 Wén: 文 Wen2: surname Wen文 wén: 文 wen2: language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67
- to follow after; immediately afterwards
- casino