- surname Yao; Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝[Wu3 Di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
- Zhou Dynasty; Western Zhou 西周 (1046-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou 東周|东周 (770-221 BC)
- very close; no gap between them; continuously; unbroken; hard to separate; indistinguishable
- correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
- rare
- no more; no longer
- benefit; (in sb's) interest; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to urge; to prompt; to spur on; to order sb about
- to make one's name; to become famous
- 众 Zhòng: 众 Zhong4: abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives众 zhòng: 众 zhong4: (bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous
- to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
- to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
- to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)
- to use in; to use on; to use for
- management studies
- to fear
- 匡 kuāng: 匡 kuang1: (literary) to rectify; (literary) to assist; (coll.) to calculate roughly; to estimate匡 Kuāng: 匡 Kuang1: surname Kuang
- calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet
- happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
- rustic; low; base; mean; to despise; to scorn
- 封 fēng: 封 feng1: to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters封 Fēng: 封 Feng1: surname Feng
- 圣 kū: 圣 ku1: (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)圣 shèng: 圣 sheng4: (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
- 叩 kòu: 叩 kou4: to knock; to kowtow叩 kòu: 叩 kou4: to knock
- both ends (of a stick etc); two extremes
- to exhaust
- to question; to quiz; to grill
- 凤 fèng: 凤 feng4: phoenix凤 Fèng: 凤 Feng4: surname Feng
- 鸟 diǎo: 鸟 diao3: penis鸟 niǎo: 鸟 niao3: bird; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn
- end; extremity; limit
- after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast; to approach; to tend towards; to converge
- accomplishment; training; self-cultivation
- to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- already; since; both... (and...)
- somewhat; to some extent
- to break through; to make a breakthrough; to surmount (an obstacle); (sports) to break through the opponent's defense
- threshold
- before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- disease; sickness; ailment
- teacher
- identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以[yi3] + ... + 的身份[de5 shen1 fen4]); status (social, legal etc); position; rank
- to pass away; to die
- 待 dāi: 待 dai1: to stay; to remain待 dài: 待 dai4: to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to
- 贾 gǔ: 贾 gu3: merchant; to buy贾 Jiǎ: 贾 Jia3: surname Jia