- moral integrity; unflinching righteousness
- to abandon; to discard; to cast away
- outer; excluded
- (idiom) to turn a blind eye to; to ignore
- 明朝 míng zhāo: 明朝 ming2 zhao1: tomorrow morning; the following morning明朝 Míng cháo: 明朝 Ming2 chao2: Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
- mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units
- to slander; to defame; to speak ill of
- scholar
- 尤 yóu: 尤 you2: outstanding; particularly, especially; a fault; to express discontentment against尤 Yóu: 尤 You2: surname You
- nobleman; person of noble character
- malicious deed; misdeed; disaster; catastrophe
- completely; absolutely; undivided; totally mixed up; muddled
- 居 jī: 居 ji1: (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude居 jū: 居 ju1: to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedrooms居 Jū: 居 Ju1: surname Ju
- jewel; gem; treasure; precious
- 洪 Hóng: 洪 Hong2: surname Hong洪 hóng: 洪 hong2: flood; big; great
- custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
- 同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- to detest
- to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- tutor; teacher; academic advisor
- early period; early phase; early stage
- culture; civilization; cultural; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
- to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1]); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])
- to write a book
- surname Tan
- philosophic theory; philosophy
- to go up
- 名利场 míng lì chǎng: 名利场 ming2 li4 chang3: competitive environment where individuals vie for recognition and material gain名利场 Míng lì chǎng: 名利场 Ming2 li4 chang3: Vanity Fair (novel and magazine title)
- (idiom) not to get involved; to stay out of it
- dense; thick (fog, clouds etc); to have a strong interest in; deep; fully saturated (color)
- aloof; detached; disinterested; impartial
- outside the sphere of one's consideration
- to get; to obtain
- lit. military tactics on paper (idiom); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing; cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
- kind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to
- to return good for evil (idiom); to requite evil with good
- to save from damage; to preserve; to maintain; to keep in good repair; (Tw) security guard