- to present; to submit
- to demand an explanation
- large area; (fig.) (of a problem) (occurring) on a massive scale
- (idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others
- to find; to search out
- to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
- to draw straws
- Court of imperial stud, office originally charged with horse breeding; Taibus banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia
- see 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4]
- 撇 piē: 撇 pie1: to cast away; to fling aside撇 piě: 撇 pie3: to throw; to cast; left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)
- to intend; intentionally; interested in
- to break the rules
- to escort; to accompany
- number of people
- not worth
- to signify; to mean; to imply
- to punish
- to re-offend; repeat offender; recidivist
- 暗 àn: 暗 an4: dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant暗 àn: 暗 an4: (literary) to close (a door); to eclipse
- saving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on
- a wild horse that refuses to be bridled (a metaphor for sth that runs wild)
- abyss
- Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644)
- to dissolve (a department etc); to eliminate (positions)
- already too late
- to eliminate
- Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty
- fall (of an empire)
- to get promoted
- a book; a register; account-book
- secretary
- 寿 shòu: 寿 shou4: long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary寿 Shòu: 寿 Shou4: surname Shou
- to stand out; outstanding
- to smell; to sniff sth out; to perceive by smelling
- to make one's mark; to go up in the world; to make one's fortune
- to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas; to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
- lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom); fig. to go to the next level; to attain a higher level