- self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 力 lì: 力 li4: power; force; strength; ability; strenuously力 Lì: 力 Li4: surname Li
- to save; to remedy; to rescue
- whole; entire; total
- to initiate; to start; to found
- to belong to; to fall under (a category)
- (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- reign name of Ming emperor (1573-1619)
- resurgence; recovery; restoration
- so long as; provided; if
- to be capable of; to be able to; can
- to rule a country
- to pacify the country
- 便 biàn: 便 bian4: plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards便 pián: 便 pian2: used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]
- political opponent
- in (sb's) eyes
- person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character
- common people
- chest; heart; mind
- to save the nation
- hero; CL:個|个[ge4]
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
- to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
- (literary) beginning of the year
- to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- officialdom; bureaucracy
- to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- upright and plainspoken
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- to personally experience
- lit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom); fig. reign of terror; carnage
- (government) cabinet
- a struggle; fight; battle
- 后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly
- to comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
- 了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- what?; something; anything
- politics; political
- from now on; since then; henceforth