- rules; regulations; constitution; statute; articles of association (of company); articles of incorporation; charter (of a corporation); by-laws
- to cut open; to analyze; Taiwan pr. [pou3]
- temple; ancestral shrine
- (bound form) to imitate; to copy
- to overlook; omissions; deficiencies
- to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
- sincerity; good faith
- to govern one's family; to manage one's household
- to be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form
- obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely
- to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2]; word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
- one (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
- procedure; step
- 赅 Gāi: 赅 Gai1: surname Gai赅 gāi: 赅 gai1: complete; full
- many; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc)
- to link up; to thread together
- to engrave
- to keep; to preserve; extant; to remain (from the past)
- celestial sphere
- stele; vertical stone tablet for carved inscriptions
- rules and regulations
- general collection; anthology
- to gather; to collect
- zero
- to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale)
- slack; lazy; remiss
- to spurn; to reject
- alas; alack; welladay; wellaway; to die
- to feel deeply
- rhetoric
- to refine (a substance); to purify; to refine (one's skills, writing etc); refined; polished; succinct; skilled; capable
- to the point; concise
- (idiom) thought-provoking; to provide food for thought
- (idiom) just a word or two; a few isolated phrases
- to summarize; to generalize; briefly; in broad outline
- thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say; talking nonstop
- simple; brief