- (bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡[di2])
- cheese (loanword); custard powder; (literary) man (laudatory); person of virtue
- to wait to fill a vacancy; reserve (candidate); alternate; substitute
- warrant officer; petty officer; noncommissioned officer (NCO); Japanese military officer
- Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911
- formal; official
- to step into; to enter
- official career (formal)
- the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
- manufacturing plant; factory
- ten; 10
- nine; 9
- lit. like the sun at noon (idiom); fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc
- 严 Yán: 严 Yan2: surname Yan严 yán: 严 yan2: tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father
- 嵩 Sōng: 嵩 Song1: Mt Song in Henan嵩 sōng: 嵩 song1: (literary) (of mountains) lofty
- 徐 xú: 徐 xu2: slowly; gently徐 Xú: 徐 Xu2: surname Xu
- rank or step; stairs
- to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of
- 夏 xià: 夏 xia4: summer夏 Xià: 夏 Xia4: the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432); surname Xia
- words; speech; to say; to talk
- lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom); fig. to dance about; to express one's feelings in body language; to gesture animatedly; (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs
- half of a lifetime
- to experience; experience
- to remind; to call attention to; to warn of
- impolite; impropriety; to sexually harass
- do not
- to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself
- 百 Bǎi: 百 Bai3: surname Bai百 bǎi: 百 bai3: hundred; numerous; all kinds of
- 金子 Jīn zǐ: 金子 Jin1 zi3: Kaneko (Japanese surname)金子 jīn zi: 金子 jin1 zi5: gold
- glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth
- to turn up without being invited; unsolicited
- (coll.) even if
- deep in one's heart
- zealotry; fanatical; feverish
- to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official)
- blaze; flame
- to ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming
- a treat for the eyes; the rare chance of seeing sth beautiful
- not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after