- many; diverse
- official business
- (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
- to kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level; to worship
- to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify; superfluous
- succession; inheritance; hereditary
- by means of; through; with the help of
- scar; traces
- without learning or skills (idiom); ignorant and incompetent
- to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap; bamboo chicken coop; (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back; (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible; (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
- harsh and merciless (idiom)
- leader
- subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
- to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive
- (idiom) to enjoy sth and never tire of it
- reason; cause
- to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
- to make a profit; to earn a packet
- to carry (on one's person); to support (old); Taiwan pr. [xi1 dai4]
- to sell; to peddle; to traffic
- to change shape in a single shake; fig. to take on a new lease of life
- 富 fù: 富 fu4: rich; abundant; wealthy富 Fù: 富 Fu4: surname Fu
- first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
- hungry; to starve (sb)
- never (in the past); never did
- to do business
- to value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)
- 祖 Zǔ: 祖 Zu3: surname Zu祖 zǔ: 祖 zu3: ancestor; forefather; grandparents
- to give the green light; to give the go-ahead
- convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself
- to send (a message); to deliver
- customer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
- military situation; military intelligence
- (in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
- extremely important; vital; crucial; essential
- sensitivity to timing; time-sensitive; timeliness
- to degenerate; to deteriorate; (of food) to go bad; to go off; (geology) metamorphism
- government functionary
- to serve; service; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- Xu Xiake (1587-1641), Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer, author of Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries 徐霞客遊記|徐霞客游记[Xu2 Xia2 ke4 You2 ji4]
- travel notes