- (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- imperial concubine
- to give birth to a child or children
- reign name of Qing emperor (1861-1875)
- to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female
- factor; (genetic) trait; (math.) factor; divisor
- 贵 Gùi: 贵 Gui4: short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]贵 gùi: 贵 gui4: expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank; (prefix) (honorific) your
- to rank; ranking; seniority (among siblings)
- not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- 西 xī: 西 xi1: west西 Xī: 西 Xi1: the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanish
- 六 lù: 六 lu4: used in place names六 lìu: 六 liu4: six; 6
- 官 Guān: 官 Guan1: surname Guan官 guān: 官 guan1: government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]
- happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
- 称 chèn: 称 chen4: to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]称 chēng: 称 cheng1: to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- in the future; future; the future; CL:個|个[ge4]
- Empress Dowager Ci'an (1837-1881) of Qing
- 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要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce
- to bury (the dead); to inter
- 离 chī: 离 chi1: mythical beast (archaic)离 lí: 离 li2: to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲离 Lí: 离 Li2: surname Li
- the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty
- (bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to; (before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiao3]
- near; close to; approximately
- 远 yuàn: 远 yuan4: to distance oneself from (classical)远 yuǎn: 远 yuan3: far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)
- 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)
- original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- see 未可厚非[wei4 ke3 hou4 fei1]
- lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
- straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- to be willing to; to resign oneself to
- to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
- to control; to curb; to restrict; to impede; to pin down (enemy troops)
- 便 biàn: 便 bian4: plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards便 pián: 便 pian2: used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]
- to negotiate; discussion; proposal
- to break through; to make a breakthrough; to surmount (an obstacle); (sports) to break through the opponent's defense
- trammels; fetters; yoke; to restrain; to hinder; restraint
- a period of time in the recent past; (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along; the whole time
- to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking (esp. to make a request)