- to invade; to encroach; to infringe; to approach
- dysentery
- 尚 shàng: 尚 shang4: still; yet; to value; to esteem尚 Shàng: 尚 Shang4: surname Shang
- to read through to evaluate; to referee
- memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
- the steps to the throne
- to resign; to dismiss; to decline; (literary) to take leave; (archaic poetic genre) ballad
- to bid farewell (to); to say goodbye (to)
- to enjoin; to implore; to urge
- recently; lately
- direction; trend; to incline
- to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命); CL:次[ci4]
- to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly
- making an all-out effort (idiom); to try one's heart out; to do one's utmost
- sad; downhearted; sentimental; pathos; melancholy
- since then; henceforth
- to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
- certain; to know for sure
- mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly
- to go out and come in; entrance and exit; expenditure and income; discrepancy; inconsistent
- to search
- to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting
- serious illness
- high position; eminent status; top job; raised position; upper (limbs); a high (i.e. local maximum); high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc
- illustrious; celebrated
- foe; one's personal enemy
- tell-tale; informer (esp. to police); whistleblower; grass
- stubborn illness; chronic disease; fig. deep-seated problem; systemic issue
- lit. robust years; prime of life; summer; able-bodied (fit for military service); mature (talent, garden etc)
- not necessarily; maybe not
- seventy years old
- also known as
- to die suddenly
- calm and composed (idiom)
- to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence
- to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease
- seriously ill
- rainy; place name in Shaanxi; Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西|陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水[Wei4 Shui3]
- succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition); posterity