- Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars); (used sarcastically) pedant
- official who dares speak frankly before the emperor
- (archaic) a state with a thousand chariots (to fight a war) – a powerful state
- to admonish; to warn sb of their errors; to criticize frankly; Taiwan pr. [zheng1]
- rude; rudely
- a friend capable of direct admonition
- surname Jiang; Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2]
- disciple; follower
- two-character surname Duanmu
- to be adept in; to excel at
- to trade; to carry out commercial activities; in business
- polite speech; diplomatic language; rhetoric
- well-known; famous; renowned; eminent
- to lobby; to campaign; to promote (an idea, a product); (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)
- to finish apprenticeship; to graduate; to send out troops (under a commander)
- to send troops
- over and over again; again and again
- to inquire
- quick step
- should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned
- how; what kind
- shallow and crude; meager (knowledge or skill)
- way of looking at a thing; view; opinion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- cart; chariot; carriage; buggy
- a power (i.e. a dominant country)
- to admonish
- counselor of king or feudal warlord; henchman
- circumstances
- friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- who; which; what
- member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle (old)
- to dread punishment; afraid of being arrested for a crime
- feelings of the masses; my situation (humble speech)
- to visit (a superior)
- to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical