- taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from
- classical
- to avoid as taboo
- to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind
- some; certain (things)
- act; action; activity; move; movement
- younger generation
- ceremony; celebration
- princes and dukes; aristocrat
- to carry out one's duties perfunctorily; to fulfill one's responsibility
- (idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions
- careless; sloppy; negligent; skimpy
- each and every; every; all; any
- would rather...; it would be better...; would prefer
- to deal with; to cope
- 差事 chāi shi: 差事 chai1 shi5: errand; assignment; job; commission; CL:件[jian4]; see also 差使[chai1 shi5]差事 chà shì: 差事 cha4 shi4: poor; not up to standard
- many years; for many years; longstanding
- to guard; to watch over
- mound; tomb; hill; mountain
- Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644)
- cemetery; mausoleum park
- pouring of wine on ground for sacrifice
- to exceed; to overstep; to go too far; to encroach
- tomb; mausoleum
- see 昌平區|昌平区[Chang1 ping2 Qu1]
- foothills
- (geography) basin; depression
- ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard
- to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation); (mechanics) torsion
- March; third month (of the lunar year)
- Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty