- father and son
- brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- tragedy; CL:齣|出[chu1]
- to fall; to drop; to decline; to deteriorate; to go downhill
- and even; to go so far as to
- to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
- a common occurrence (idiom)
- unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- the title of Emperor
- heir; successor
- in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade)
- rather; quite
- cautious; careful; prudent
- busy with
- affairs of the nation; politics
- 教 jiāo: 教 jiao1: to teach; to instruct教 Jiào: 教 Jiao4: surname Jiao教 jiào: 教 jiao4: (bound form) to teach; to instruct; a religion; to cause (sb to do sth); to tell (sb to do sth)
- various sages; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
- 结果 jiē gǔo: 结果 jie1 guo3: to bear fruit结果 jié gǔo: 结果 jie2 guo3: outcome; result; consequence; in the end; as a result; to kill; to dispatch
- (bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- 立 Lì: 立 Li4: surname Li立 lì: 立 li4: to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately
- satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction
- to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions)
- 魏 Wèi: 魏 Wei4: surname Wei; name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States; Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1], one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty; the Wei dynasty 221–265; Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history魏 wèi: 魏 wei4: tower over a palace gateway (old)
- to conspire
- 储 chǔ: 储 chu3: (bound form) to store up; to keep in reserve; heir to the throne; Taiwan pr. [chu2]储 Chǔ: 储 Chu3: surname Chu; Taiwan pr. [Chu2]
- a general or admiral
- to plot a rebellion; to conspire against the state
- final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- 长孙 Zhǎng sūn: 长孙 Zhang3 sun1: two-character surname Zhangsun长孙 zhǎng sūn: 长孙 zhang3 sun1: eldest grandson; the eldest son of one's eldest son
- to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up sth
- to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 子 zi: 子 zi5: noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"子 zǐ: 子 zi3: son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- 晋 Jìn: 晋 Jin4: surname Jin; the Jin Dynasties (265–420); Western Jin 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265–316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317–420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936–946); short name for Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1]晋 jìn: 晋 jin4: to move forward; to promote; to advance
- nature; temperament
- weak; feeble; flabby
- to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that
- for; for the purpose of; in order to
- to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a position); education; fostering; culture (biology)
- to meet the standard required; qualified; eligible (voter etc)
- to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain
- long-term peace and stability (of governments)
- to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
- measure; step; CL:個|个[ge4]