- supernatural beings
- blind date; arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]); to be deeply attached to each other
- name of a book; reputation as calligrapher
- History of the Sui Dynasty, thirteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Wei Zheng 魏徵|魏征[Wei4 Zheng1] in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 85 scrolls
- to betray; to desert; to defect from; to turn renegade
- disloyalty; half-heartedness; duplicity
- filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety
- (idiom) (of siblings, spouses etc) very close to each other; inseparable; devoted to each other
- 同心 Tóng xīn: 同心 Tong2 xin1: see 同心縣|同心县[Tong2 xin1 Xian4]同心 tóng xīn: 同心 tong2 xin1: to be of one mind; united; concentric
- complex; complicated; many and varied
- astronomy
- land; map; (old) geography
- knowledge; CL:門|门[men2]; intellectual
- to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
- in surplus
- to handle (affairs); to work
- a great blessing; daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku")
- 说道 shūo dao: 说道 shuo1 dao5: to discuss; reason (behind sth)说道 shūo dào: 说道 shuo1 dao4: to state; to say (the quoted words)
- smooth and unhindered; fluent
- upright; regular; proper; correct
- region of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang; see 江南省[Jiang1 nan2 Sheng3]; see 江南區|江南区[Jiang1 nan2 Qu1]
- see 河北省[He2 bei3 Sheng3]
- (bound form) to rush about; to strive for
- etiquette; custom
- to have running water (in a house etc)
- 澹 Tán: 澹 Tan2: surname Tan澹 dàn: 澹 dan4: tranquil; placid; quiet
- 闲 xián: 闲 xian2: enclosure; unoccupied; leisure闲 xián: 闲 xian2: idle; unoccupied; leisure
- to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]); Buddhism
- to burgeon; to produce; to conceive; to be in the initial stage
- eastern bean goose; great; large
- Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子[Huai2 nan2 zi5]
- hanger-on; visitor (in a nobleman's house)
- to compile
- entire book; unabridged book
- original; former