- to raise (price etc)
- patent; sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people; monopoly
- Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor
- Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)
- (of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu
- vile; nasty; of very poor quality
- to make up one's mind
- to let off; to give out
- to blame; to criticize; condemnation; reproach
- cannot be justified; inexcusable
- surveyor's pole; post (used for a landmark); (fig.) goal; model; benchmark
- proficient (in sth); to understand sth through and through
- let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more
- deities; gods
- to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head
- to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute
- where?; what place?
- to fool; to deceive; to go through the motions
- shameful deed
- penalty; punishment; to punish
- fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; CL:根[gen1]
- sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)
- sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- People's Bank of China (abbr. for 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Yin2 hang2])
- see 邪路[xie2 lu4]
- tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
- people (in general); people around the world; everyone
- to kneel down
- to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
- to burn incense
- to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- Buddha; founder of a buddhist sect
- to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context); to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation); to borrow (a phrase); (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)
- to write off at one stroke
- upright; regular; proper; correct
- to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful
- Confucian temple
- to pass a university entrance exam