- convention; usual practice
- the title of Emperor
- right of inheritance
- 宣 Xuān: 宣 Xuan1: surname Xuan宣 xuān: 宣 xuan1: to declare (publicly); to announce
- dowry
- to give; to deliver; to hand over
- 金 Jīn: 金 Jin1: surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)金 jīn: 金 jin1: gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- 达 Dá: 达 Da2: surname Da达 dá: 达 da2: to attain; to reach; to amount to; to communicate; eminent
- to pile up; to stack; a pile; a stack
- to pile up
- church; chapel; CL:座[zuo4],所[suo3],間|间[jian1]
- religious ceremony
- grand; majestic; magnificent
- banquet; feast; dinner party; CL:席[xi2],個|个[ge4]
- to attend a meeting as a nonvoting delegate
- extremely few; a small minority
- desk-mate; seat-mate
- to eat a meal
- dessert
- to place (food) on the table; to sit down to eat (at the dining table)
- ballroom; banqueting hall
- special case; isolated example
- then (as in "the then chairman")
- marquis
- to invite; invitation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to attend; to participate; present
- 泰 tài: 泰 tai4: safe; peaceful; most; grand泰 Tài: 泰 Tai4: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong; abbr. for Thailand
- 申 Shēn: 申 Shen1: old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]; surname Shen申 shēn: 申 shen1: to extend; to state; to explain; 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey; ancient Chinese compass point: 240°
- to step into; to enter
- elderly; old age; autumn of one's years
- to set aside; to reserve
- position; place; seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- able to; so that sb can; enabling; in order to; finally in a position to; with sth in view
- to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous); ornamental
- seldom; rare; hard to come by
- scene; sight (to behold)
- old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- throne
- ruins
- above