- door; to close; whole
- to resist; to fight; to defy; anti-
- pungent (taste); bitter; fig. sad; miserable
- star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount
- awn (of cereals); arista (of grain); tip (of a blade); Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass)
- to lose color; to turn pale
- moist; wet
- gonfanon; banner
- to cast or found metals
- jade annulus
- to beat back; to repel
- valiant general
- along the river; the region around the river
- surprise attack; raid
- day and night; round-the-clock
- several months
- January; first month (of the lunar year)
- to die for one's country
- popular tradition; folk legend
- beauty; disposition; looks; appearance
- fire beacon (to give alarm)
- (lit. and fig.) to soar; to shoot upwards
- to choose (literary)
- (lit.) a pot of porridge; (fig.) a complete mess
- to be renowned
- development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
- a flourishing period; period of prosperity; a golden age
- to guide; guidebook
- to read and understand
- to receive
- to plot; to scheme; to bring about; to engineer; planning; producer; planner
- dirty; filthy; vile; despicable; (literary) narrow-minded; petty
- dangerous; ruthless; treacherous
- avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable; avid
- repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable
- to take one's seat according to the ticket number; (fig.) to put (things or people) in their right place; to take a general comment as a personal attack
- Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊齋志異|聊斋志异[Liao2 zhai1 Zhi4 yi4]
- training in the basic skills; knowledge of the fundamentals