- lit. a dog who catches mice; to be meddlesome (idiom)
- monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
- to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
- harm; to damage; to impair
- Emperor Taizong of Tang, reign name of second Tang emperor Li Shimin 李世民[Li3 Shi4 min2] (599-649), reigned 626-649
- to be just like; can be compared to
- 载 zài: 载 zai4: to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously载 zǎi: 载 zai3: to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; year
- character; temperament; disposition; bad temper; CL:股[gu3]
- lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom); fig. you'll have to take the consequences
- to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
- to occupy by force; to seize; to dominate
- see 靈丘縣|灵丘县[Ling2 qiu1 Xian4]
- to raise bees
- honey
- beeswax
- to reap a bumper harvest
- to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc)
- bee; honeybee; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]
- remainder; surplus
- (of status or wealth) to decline; (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated; run-down; (of plants) to wilt
- old man
- to raise; to rear
- house; building
- to excavate; to hollow
- tree
- to let air pass through; to ventilate
- honeycomb; beehive
- bee; wasp
- rush; reed; Phragmites communis
- to mend
- to clear up; to tidy up; to dispose of
- (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry; (fig.) dull; dry; boring; (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure
- to adjust; to regulate; to harmonize; to reconcile (accountancy etc)
- season; time
- grave danger; in jeopardy; in a critical condition
- to enter and exit; to go in and out; inflow and outflow (of goods, vehicles, funds etc)
- 唉 āi: 唉 ai1: interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh唉 ài: 唉 ai4: alas; oh dear
- to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson; CL:番[fan1],頓|顿[dun4]