- dignified; grave (expression); imposing (attitude); heavy (atmosphere); (music etc) deep and resounding
- to write (used before or after a quoted passage)
- to drive; to manage; to control
- to buy on a considerable scale; to purchase; to procure; to stock up
- important classic text; severe laws
- to ascend the throne
- to thread (a needle); (bound form) to sew; to stitch; (literary) very grateful
- 纪 Jǐ: 纪 Ji3: surname Ji; also pr. [Ji4]纪 jì: 纪 ji4: order; discipline; age; era; period; to chronicle
- respectful; solemn; awed
- to deceive; there is none
- unrestrained; unbridled; free and unrestrained (style); bold
- to clear streets when emperor tours
- startled
- 戚 qī: 戚 qi1: grief; sorrow戚 qī: 戚 qi1: (bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe戚 Qī: 戚 Qi1: surname Qi
- to inspect; to review; to read; to peruse; to go through; to experience
- 厕 cè: 厕 ce4: (bound form) restroom; toilet; lavatory; (literary) to be mingled with; to be involved in厕 sì: 厕 si4: used in 茅廁|茅厕[mao2 si5]
- in between; within that interval; in the meantime
- (bound form) to question closely; to interrogate
- 戎 Róng: 戎 Rong2: surname Rong戎 róng: 戎 rong2: generic term for weapons (old); army (matters); military affairs
- system; organization
- 凉 Liáng: 凉 Liang2: the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)凉 liàng: 凉 liang4: to let sth cool down凉 liáng: 凉 liang2: cool; cold
- detriment; fraud; harm; defeat
- to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt
- gradually
- a trickle; tiny stream; sluggish; to flow sluggishly
- righteousness; virtuous cause; a woman's marriage; main points of a piece of writing
- to help; to assist; to aid
- kind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to
- to order people about; to stir up; to sow discord
- language; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]
- Peter (name)
- to take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
- to drown; to indulge; addicted to; to spoil (a child)
- gargantuan; as big as the sky; enormous
- should not; to owe nothing
- to fail to pay sufficient attention to; to be negligent in regard to; to be lacking in
- (courteous) to be so bold as to
- to sneer; to laugh grimly; grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc); bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile