- to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations; to carry on the good work of one's predecessors
- to cause; to enable; phonetic bi; Taiwan pr. [bi4]
- map; CL:張|张[zhang1],本[ben3]
- directly subordinate
- document; official correspondence; secretary; secretariat
- (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital); (of river boats) to travel downstream; to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels; (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom
- to add or subtract; to increase or decrease; to go up or go down
- difference; error; inaccuracy
- Myanmar (or Burma)
- Gangdisê mountain range in southwest Tibet
- Tibet Autonomous Region, capital Lhasa 拉薩市|拉萨市[La1 sa4 Shi4] (short name 藏[Zang4])
- southwest part
- to come as no surprise; as expected
- to draw; to draft (a map, blueprint, diagram, illustration etc)
- achievement; accomplishment; (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results
- to fall; to drop; to weigh down
- local chronicles; district records
- survey; to measure; to gauge; to determine
- coast; seaside; seashore; beach
- to take upon oneself; to assume
- to cultivate one's mind; to build character
- family property
- pampered and spoiled since childhood
- personal profit; to benefit oneself
- though; although
- disabled; handicapped; deformity on a person or animal
- to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone
- desirable; worth having; (of a suggestion etc) commendable; worthy
- lit. likes and dislikes; preferences; taste
- as for; when it comes to
- friendly advice; words spoken on sb's behalf; a good word; kind words; words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions
- innate sense of right and wrong; conscience; bosom friend
- remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
- to have one's words prove to be prophetic
- to be in the majority