- on the other hand; another aspect
- to begin; to set in motion
- school; CL:所[suo3]
- temple; ancestral shrine; CL:座[zuo4]; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial
- Chinese national culture; studies of ancient Chinese civilization; the Imperial College (history)
- to offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors); to hold or attend a memorial service
- 征 zhēng: 征 zheng1: journey; trip; expedition; to go on long campaign; to attack征 zhēng: 征 zheng1: to invite; to recruit; to levy (taxes); to draft (troops); phenomenon; symptom; characteristic sign (used as proof); evidence
- a Confucian scholar
- silk
- to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)
- school building; school; (Tw) student dormitory
- Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty
- scholar preparing for imperial examinations (in former times)
- student; schoolchild
- skill; art
- to offer a libation; person who performs the libation before a banquet; senior member of a profession; important government post in imperial China
- to discuss
- Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet; the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD; also pr. [Tu3 fan1]
- Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392; Korea, esp. in context of art and culture
- Silla, Korean kingdom that existed between 57 BC – 935 AD, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, later allied with Tang China to defeat its rivals Baekje 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4] and Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2] to form Unified Silla; see 新羅區|新罗区[Xin1 luo2 Qu1]
- nationality; ethnic group
- one after another; in succession; one by one; continuously; diverse; in profusion; numerous and confused; pell-mell
- to send (on a mission); to dispatch
- to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
- Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安[Xi1 an1]), capital of several Chinese dynasties from 202 BC to 907 CE; see 長安區|长安区[Chang2 an1 Qu1]
- chest; box; trunk; suitcase; portfolio
- 几 jī: 几 ji1: small table几 jī: 几 ji1: (literary) almost几 jǐ: 几 ji3: how many; how much; several; a few
- (literary) ancient times; in olden days
- way; means; channel
- to penetrate deeply; thorough
- to conceal; dark
- then and now; ancient and modern
- 那 Nā: 那 Na1: surname Na那 Núo: 那 Nuo2: surname Nuo那 nà: 那 na4: (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)那 núo: 那 nuo2: (archaic) many; beautiful; how
- to imagine; to envision; imagination
- will; shall; to be going to
- to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect); (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])
- to initiate; to instigate; to introduce; to lead
- to replace; alternately; in turn
- fashion; fad; fashionable
- not a single one is dispensable; can't do without either
- circumstances; situation; terrain; CL:個|个[ge4]
- custom-made; made-to-order; to have sth custom made