- to offer advice; to make a suggestion
- to rebuild; to reconstruct; to reestablish
- grave; tomb; mausoleum
- to receive a prize
- private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval
- neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
- to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- impossible to unravel; confusing
- 后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
- 上 shàng: 上 shang4: (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- 都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis
- 曾 Zēng: 曾 Zeng1: surname Zeng曾 zēng: 曾 zeng1: great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)曾 céng: 曾 ceng2: once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
- ancient times
- slavery
- period; phase; CL:個|个[ge4]
- Egypt
- Greece
- Rome, capital of Italy
- Persia
- to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
- active; lively; excited; to enliven; to brighten up
- degree; level; extent
- also
- no less than; not inferior to
- 当时 dàng shí: 当时 dang4 shi2: immediately; right then当时 dāng shí: 当时 dang1 shi2: then; at that time
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- aforementioned; above-mentioned
- these
- country; nation; state
- court eunuch
- along with; in the wake of; following
- history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]
- to make headway; to make progress
- (bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
- (bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to; (before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiao3]
- early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- 地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing)
- 了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- gradually
- development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand