- to commend; to praise
- people's livelihood; people's welfare
- fluttering
- achievements and virtue
- wide; broad; extensive; vast
- water surface
- grand; majestic; vast
- adjective
- 虞 yú: 虞 yu2: (literary) to expect; to anticipate; (literary) to be concerned about; to be apprehensive; (literary) to deceive; to dupe虞 Yú: 虞 Yu2: surname Yu
- married woman
- official name of a nation (includes dynastic names of China: 漢|汉[Han4], 唐[Tang2] etc)
- to found a state; to open a closed country
- prosperous; thriving; to prosper; to flourish
- 楚 Chǔ: 楚 Chu3: surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)楚 chǔ: 楚 chu3: distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)
- antiquity
- to take over (from those working the previous shift); to take over (in a leadership role etc); to succeed sb
- lit. to govern from behind the curtain; to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
- decisive; conclusive
- Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705
- prejudice; bias
- capital city
- see 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4]
- see 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]; see 河南蒙古族自治縣|河南蒙古族自治县[He2 nan2 Meng2 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- common boundary; common border
- wide expanse; large area; vast stretch; extending widely; blockbuster movie
- known (to science)
- river basin; valley; drainage area
- the Yellow River basin
- one third
- country's territory; national land
- prosperous; thriving; (of vegetation) luxuriant
- splendid virtue; majestic moral character; great kindness
- to fulfill (one's obligations); to carry out (a task); to implement (an agreement); to perform
- duty; obligation (CL:項|项[xiang4]); volunteer (work etc)
- 菲 fēi: 菲 fei1: luxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance; phenanthrene C14H10菲 Fēi: 菲 Fei1: abbr. for the Philippines 菲律賓|菲律宾[Fei1 lu:4 bin1]菲 fěi: 菲 fei3: poor; humble; unworthy; radish (old)