- to rebel; to revolt
- (of a deceased) during one's life; while living
- (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- indecisive; wavering
- Wendi (541-604), posthumous name of the first Sui emperor, reigned 581-604
- 杨 yáng: 杨 yang2: poplar杨 Yáng: 杨 Yang2: surname Yang
- brave
- to depose (a king)
- Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618
- case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example
- to make a firm resolution
- bloody; blood-soaked; gory; grisly; cruel; brutal; harsh; grim; bitter
- 史 Shǐ: 史 Shi3: surname Shi史 shǐ: 史 shi3: history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
- bronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror; sth that serves as a warning or a lesson; to examine; to scrutinize
- aloof; indifferent; unconcerned
- tactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave; soft
- to persuade; persuasion; to advise
- to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature; rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy)
- superfluous; unnecessary; surplus
- marriage; matrimony; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]
- marriage certificate
- none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception
- to give; to impose; to apply
- known; what one knows
- 令 líng: 令 ling2: used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])令 lǐng: 令 ling3: classifier for a ream of paper令 lìng: 令 ling4: to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem
- to agree tacitly; tacit approval; default (setting)
- to succeed to the throne
- choice of person; candidate
- to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
- trouble; difficulty; problem
- master and disciple
- (literary) wise; wisdom
- to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including
- halfway; midway; on the way
- to save bit by bit; to accumulate
- wealth; money
- luxurious; extravagant
- to punish; to administer justice
- to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures; life of debauchery
- savage; furious
- region of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang; see 江南省[Jiang1 nan2 Sheng3]; see 江南區|江南区[Jiang1 nan2 Qu1]