- 祖 zǔ: 祖 zu3: ancestor; forefather; grandparents祖 Zǔ: 祖 Zu3: surname Zu
- first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
- average; mediocre
- 刺 cī: 刺 ci1: (onom.) whoosh刺 cì: 刺 ci4: thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder
- the implications are profound; the ramifications are huge; (of a decision etc) consequential
- (old) to transport by water; to ship grain as tax
- kindhearted; place name
- marquis
- to succeed sb in a job; successor
- to hold a concurrent post; part-time; (in academia) adjunct
- 梅 méi: 梅 mei2: plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)梅 Méi: 梅 Mei2: surname Mei
- joint hearing; to review jointly (i.e. with other checkers)
- to adopt a unified approach to discussing an issue; to sing from the same hymn sheet
- full of joy and expectations; animatedly
- uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father); old friend
- not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
- see 半信半疑[ban4 xin4 ban4 yi2]
- body weary, strength exhausted (idiom); extremely tired; spent
- reputation; fame
- 川 chuān: 川 chuan1: (bound form) river; creek; plain; an area of level country川 Chuān: 川 Chuan1: short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1]
- out of the ordinary
- scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory
- to rely on help from sb
- name of a river
- see 金州區|金州区[Jin1 zhou1 Qu1]
- to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend; to elect; to choose; (weightlifting) to (clean and) press
- deep; profound; (of a person) reserved; undemonstrative; (of a voice, sound etc) deep; low-pitched
- at sb's invitation; on invitation
- to dispatch an army; to send troops
- to rescue; to pluck from danger
- king
- crown prince; heir of a noble house
- to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order