- see 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
- see 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4]
- to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- constrained; restricted; forced to; under pressure to do sth
- all sides; all aspects; multifaceted
- 明 míng: 明 ming2: bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods明 Míng: 明 Ming2: Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- to thresh grain (on the floor)
- to act as the chief surgeon; chief surgeon
- to charge a fee
- standard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard; good; correct; conforming to a standard
- if; in case; suppose; given ...
- to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)
- anaesthetist
- to uphold justice; to be loyal (to one's friends); to stick by
- at intervals of; every (so often)
- to come by; to obtain through some means
- firstly, ...
- community; neighborhood
- public (e.g. school, hospital)
- old people; the elderly
- studio; workshop
- Baker or Becker (name)
- to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
- lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom); attendants of the Daoist immortals; fig. lovely young children; a golden couple; (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple
- prestige
- to respect deeply; to revere; to esteem
- to love and respect; love and respect
- spontaneous
- to show concern and care for
- a martial arts (wuxia) novel
- to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion; to retire
- rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
- unique; exceptional
- legendary person; legend (i.e. person)