- (old) a person of literary talent; a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post)
- outside; excluding
- close friend; pal; (social networking website) friend; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 阮 Ruǎn: 阮 Ruan3: surname Ruan; small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600–1046 BC) located in the southeast of present-day Gansu Province阮 ruǎn: 阮 ruan3: ruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute
- loyal; devoted; faithful
- (bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
- son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific)
- 袁 yuán: 袁 yuan2: long robe (old)袁 Yuán: 袁 Yuan2: surname Yuan
- 克 Kè: 克 Ke4: abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatia克 kè: 克 ke4: to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares克 Kè: 克 Ke4: Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God克 kè: 克 ke4: to subdue; to overthrow; to restrain
- to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- and; as well as
- 京 jīng: 京 jing1: capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old); artificial mound (old)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
- to take an official post; to become a government employee
- cause; reason; because
- graduate; successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination
- scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory
- happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
- 时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts
- owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- 福 fú: 福 fu2: good fortune; happiness; luck福 Fú: 福 Fu2: surname Fu; abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]
- 望 wàng: 望 wang4: full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards望 wàng: 望 wang4: 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- brothers; comrade
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 以 Yǐ: 以 Yi3: abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]以 yǐ: 以 yi3: to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- 称 chēng: 称 cheng1: to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise称 chèn: 称 chen4: to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]
- to wear mourning clothes; to be in mourning; also written 披麻帶孝|披麻带孝
- 伏 Fú: 伏 Fu2: surname Fu伏 fú: 伏 fu2: to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt
- county head magistrate (old)
- 赵 zhào: 赵 zhao4: to surpass (old)赵 Zhào: 赵 Zhao4: surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
- county magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
- band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
- in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior
- hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever
- 通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
- to make a report (to a superior); to give; to endow; to receive; petition
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tong4 kuai5]
- (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ...
- 看 kān: 看 kan1: to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard看 kàn: 看 kan4: to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for
- to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
- to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
- to look after; to attend to; to have in care
- next of kin; closely related