- 大夫 dà fū: 大夫 da4 fu1: senior official (in imperial China)大夫 dài fu: 大夫 dai4 fu5: doctor; physician
- to declare
- to celebrate a heroic deed
- 教学 jiāo xué: 教学 jiao1 xue2: to teach (as a professor)教学 jiào xué: 教学 jiao4 xue2: teaching; instruction; CL:次[ci4]
- form; shape; structure; design
- diverse and muddled; many and confused
- unable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice; no unanimous decision; still a matter of discussion
- royal; imperial household
- the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
- to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory
- to lecture (on branch of learning)
- the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC)
- Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
- classic books in Confucianism; scriptures; sutras
- to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting; (fig.) submissive
- victory; CL:個|个[ge4]
- theory; doctrine
- custom; tradition; local tradition; convention
- useful
- 兴隆 Xīng lóng: 兴隆 Xing1 long2: see 興隆縣|兴隆县[Xing1 long2 Xian4]兴隆 xīng lóng: 兴隆 xing1 long2: prosperous; thriving; flourishing
- to visit in person; to personally attend
- learning; knowledge; scholarship; a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门[men2]); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
- extensive
- bamboo pole
- bowstring
- innate talent; gift; flair; native resource; dowry
- bright; intelligent
- to accumulate; accumulation; cumulative; cumulatively
- in the end; after all; eventually
- lesson from events of the past; warning
- to disseminate; to propagate; to spread
- illustrious name; legendary reputation
- bel canto
- to bear (fruit)
- plentiful; substantial; rich (in resources etc)
- result; achievement; gain; profit; CL:個|个[ge4]
- reputation
- to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
- extending all the way across; running all the way through
- success or failure
- point of a spear; edge of a tool; vanguard; forward (in sports team)
- a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)