- indirect
- homicide; to murder; to kill (a person)
- prince; marquis; nobleman
- law; CL:條|条[tiao2], 套[tao4], 個|个[ge4]
- to be partial towards sth; to favor; to prefer; preference; favorite
- to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it
- (literary) my deceased grandfather; (literary) ancestors
- to found a state; to open a closed country
- Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]
- to seize power; to conquer the world; to establish and expand a business; to carve out a career for oneself
- to establish; to set up; to found
- meritorious service; distinguished contribution; achievement of great merit
- 封 Fēng: 封 Feng1: surname Feng封 fēng: 封 feng1: to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
- 制 zhì: 制 zhi4: system; to control; to regulate制 zhì: 制 zhi4: to manufacture; to make
- father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather
- (bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
- 家 jiā: 家 jia1: used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]家 jiā: 家 jia1: home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom); fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline; to take a dive
- lavish; generous; bounteous; prodigal
- lowly; humble; cheap; inexpensive
- to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to read intensively
- the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] and the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
- to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
- notable deeds; exploits
- object of ridicule; laughingstock; to laugh over sth; to make light chat
- in other words; that is to say; so; thus
- to dispute; to disagree; to argue opinionatedly; to wrangle
- as for; when it comes to
- however; but; yet
- metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)
- and then; and thereby; and in turn
- court examination, the top grade imperial exam
- still; as before
- to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study
- 公道 gōng dào: 公道 gong1 dao4: justice; fairness; public highway公道 gōng dao: 公道 gong1 dao5: fair; equitable
- to use fully; to put to use
- platform; terrace; flat-roofed building