- 太保 tài bǎo: 太保 tai4 bao3: a very high official in ancient China; juvenile delinquents太保 Tài bǎo: 太保 Tai4 bao3: Taibao or Taipao city in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
- which; who
- (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent
- title; rank; appellation
- to take an exam; exam; CL:次[ci4]
- to take an official post; to become a government employee
- equivalent to
- in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade)
- Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
- to establish; to set up; to found
- 法 fǎ: 法 fa3: law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])法 Fǎ: 法 Fa3: France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]法 fǎ: 法 fa3: law
- what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- student; schoolchild
- to divide sth into (parts); to subdivide
- inside; inner; internal; within; interior
- need not; does not have to; not necessarily
- to participate; to take part; to join
- the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing
- 省 shěng: 省 sheng3: to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)省 xǐng: 省 xing3: (bound form) to scrutinize; (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct); (bound form) to come to realize; (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)
- to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
- to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor
- metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)
- need not
- why
- to have bad luck; to be out of luck
- 嘛 má: 嘛 ma2: used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽[an3 ma2 ni2 ba1 mi1 hong1]; (Tw) (coll.) what?嘛 ma: 嘛 ma5: modal particle indicating that sth is obvious; particle indicating a pause for emphasis
- to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; to inhale (esp. smoke); (of fabric etc) to shrink; (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud; to whip; to thrash; classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)
- wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- every year; each year; yearly
- 只 zhǐ: 只 zhi3: only; merely; just只 zhī: 只 zhi1: grain that has begun to ripen只 zhī: 只 zhi1: classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom); fig. not enough to go around; demand exceeds supply
- luck (good or bad)
- 佳 Jiā: 佳 Jia1: surname Jia佳 jiā: 佳 jia1: beautiful; fine; good
- to return; to come back
- group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
- to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- imperial examinations (in former times)
- a hero with no chance of using his might; to have no opportunity to display one's talents
- consciousness; awareness; (usu. followed by 到[dao4]) to be aware of; to realize
- negative; passive; inactive
- notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions
- to transmit; transmission