- boring insect; snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
- flying dragon
- 毛 Máo: 毛 Mao2: surname Mao毛 máo: 毛 mao2: hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
- early morning; CL:個|个[ge4]
- evening; night; CL:個|个[ge4]; in the evening
- marketplace; market; bazaar; (economics) market
- public place
- "Strategies of the Warring States", chronicle of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), possibly written by Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[Su1 Qin2]
- Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest
- to form; to forge (alliances etc)
- group; bloc; corporation; conglomerate
- group; sect; clique; faction; school
- (of people or relationships) close; intimate; to draw close to; to engage with; to become familiar with (nature, places, ideas, art etc)
- 党 dǎng: 党 dang3: party; association; club; society; CL:個|个[ge4]党 Dǎng: 党 Dang3: surname Dang
- to gain from corrupt dealing; to engage in graft; to feather one's nest
- Xunzi, (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher; the Xunzi, a collection of philosophical writings attributed to Xunzi
- 环 Huán: 环 Huan2: surname Huan环 huán: 环 huan2: ring; hoop; loop; (chain) link; classifier for scores in archery etc; to surround; to encircle; to hem in
- personal; private; selfish
- pleasant to listen to
- (bound form); appearance; shape; form; state; attitude; (grammar) voice
- to try to please
- 鲜 xiǎn: 鲜 xian3: few; rare鲜 xiān: 鲜 xian1: fresh; bright (in color); delicious; tasty; delicacy; aquatic foods鲜 xiān: 鲜 xian1: fish
- to expel; to evict; to drive out
- court councilor
- 发 fā: 发 fa1: to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)发 fà: 发 fa4: hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3]
- minor government official or functionary (old)
- holy one; saint
- inside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately; about
- up until now; so far
- to treat as; to regard as
- actually; in fact; really
- only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
- 关 guān: 关 guan1: mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve关 Guān: 关 Guan1: surname Guan
- to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
- 大王 dài wang: 大王 dai4 wang5: robber baron (in opera, old stories); magnate大王 dà wáng: 大王 da4 wang2: king; magnate; person having expert skill in something
- acne
- 襄 Xiāng: 襄 Xiang1: surname Xiang襄 xiāng: 襄 xiang1: (literary) to assist