- to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate; (old) period of five days
- to store up; reserves
- foodstuff; cereals; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious
- drought
- dish; lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet); emaciated look (from malnutrition)
- to renounce; to abandon; to give up
- farming; agriculture
- 弄 nòng: 弄 nong4: to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with弄 lòng: 弄 long4: lane; alley
- sword
- Emperor Xuan (91-48 BC) of the Former Han Dynasty, reigned 74-48 BC
- 渤海 Bó Hǎi: 渤海 Bo2 Hai3: Bohai Sea, between Liaoning and Shandong渤海 Bó hǎi: 渤海 Bo2 hai3: Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia, 698–926
- (bound form) hungry
- robber
- surname Gong
- to take up a post; to start in a new job
- governor of a province
- 桑 sāng: 桑 sang1: (bound form) mulberry tree桑 Sāng: 桑 Sang1: surname Sang
- to hold a knife; knife-wielding
- double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
- one tenth
- merchant; businessman
- profits
- 杨 Yáng: 杨 Yang2: surname Yang杨 yáng: 杨 yang2: poplar
- surname Yun
- to have an abundance
- to buy up (grain)
- to deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in; to retail; to peddle
- (bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away; one by one; individually
- to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
- to humiliate; to insult; to tarnish; to sully
- boring insect; snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
- farm crop
- paddy; rice (Oryza sativa)
- stalk; stem; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- (bound form) bone marrow; (fig.) innermost part; (botany) pith
- ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
- adequate; sufficient; abundant
- condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition; CL:個|个[ge4]
- having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed
- to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)
- every year; each year; yearly
- spring (season); CL:個|个[ge4]
- to take the lead; to be the first; to set an example
- to farm; to cultivate the land; to work in the fields
- to answer; to reply; to handle; to deal with; response