- to turn up one's nose; to show disdain for; to regard superciliously
- awe-inspiring bearing; authority; power; imposing; impressive; majestic
- (idiom) to embarrass oneself
- a doubtful case; a controversy
- Ying Zheng (260-210 BC), personal name of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]
- Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]
- surname Ying
- Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states); two-character surname Sima
- astute; perspicacious; farsighted
- 琅 láng: 琅 lang2: jade-like stone; clean and white; tinkling of pendants琅 Láng: 琅 Lang2: used in 瑯琊|琅琊[Lang2 ya2]
- used in place names, notably 瑯琊山|琅琊山[Lang2 ya2 Shan1]; Taiwan pr. [ye2]
- (history) to have an audience with the Emperor
- Jin Dynasty (265-420)
- ocean
- princess
- (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
- boy
- thorny (problem); intractable
- scientist
- timer
- to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)
- beautiful woman; fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals; (polite) sb else's daughter; Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM
- on time; before deadline; on schedule
- to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound; to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
- dragon boat; imperial boat
- 尺 chě: 尺 che3: one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]尺 chǐ: 尺 chi3: a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]
- 帘 lián: 帘 lian2: flag used as a shop sign帘 lián: 帘 lian2: hanging screen or curtain
- shed; canopy; shack
- corridor; veranda; porch
- warm room; warm partition of a room
- building; pavilion
- (literary) halls (of a palace or a temple)
- 爪 zhuǎ: 爪 zhua3: (coll.) foot of an animal or bird; (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc爪 zhǎo: 爪 zhao3: foot of a bird or animal; paw; claws; talons
- 尾 wěi: 尾 wei3: tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish尾 yǐ: 尾 yi3: horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc
- to be proficient in; to master (a subject)
- to construct; building; CL:個|个[ge4]
- model; mold; matrix; pattern
- meteorological or astronomical phenomenon (e.g. rainbow or eclipse)