- to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant
- quick-witted; resourceful
- court examination, the top grade imperial exam
- proposition (logic, math.); to assign an essay topic
- to answer; to respond
- an all-rounder; good at everything
- to select; to choose; to pick over; to pick out; to differentiate; to eliminate; also pr. [zhai2]
- sage
- selfless; impartial
- all parties (in a dispute etc); all sides; all directions
- to satisfy rival demands (idiom); to get the best of both worlds; to have it both ways; to have one's cake and eat it too
- subject; title; topic; exercise or exam question (CL:道[dao4])
- to make an issue of sth; to fuss; to make a song and dance
- The Analects of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
- Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子
- beginning; to start
- to boast; to talk big
- to take an exam; exam; CL:次[ci4]
- to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately
- beads of sweat
- 卷子 juàn zi: 卷子 juan4 zi5: test paper; examination paper卷子 juǎn zi: 卷子 juan3 zi5: steamed roll; spring roll
- lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate
- annoyed; riled; vexed
- (idiom) to snub; to consign to the trash heap of history
- lasting until; up till (the present)
- anise; star anise; aniseed; octagonal; Fructus Anisi stellati
- colored glaze used in traditional Chinese architecture; colored or clear glass art object
- to end; to die
- ill in bed; bed-ridden
- see 頑疾|顽疾[wan2 ji2]
- 环 huán: 环 huan2: ring; hoop; loop; (chain) link; classifier for scores in archery etc; to surround; to encircle; to hem in环 Huán: 环 Huan2: surname Huan
- a little bit
- to detest; hatred
- newly married
- to issue; to proclaim; to enact (laws, decrees etc)
- (formal) to get married; to hold a wedding
- 叙 xù: 叙 xu4: to narrate; to chat叙 Xù: 叙 Xu4: abbr. for Syria 敘利亞|叙利亚[Xu4 li4 ya4]
- to stand out; outstanding
- fragrant