- not to allow; must not; can't
- to lie; to tell an untruth
- to play a game
- friendly affection; fraternal love
- equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite
- amazing; terrific; extraordinary
- close to; intimate
- some kind (of)
- to be popular; to be well-liked; to be warmly received
- model; example
- team
- to enlarge; to magnify
- (two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply
- to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
- soul; spirit
- to speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word
- Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xin1 xue2]
- ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
- name of a book; reputation as calligrapher
- to come from
- to record; record (written account); note-taker; record (in sports etc); CL:個|个[ge4]
- bit by bit; every little bit
- trend; tendency; orientation
- the latter
- sufficient to...; so much so that; so that
- personality; integrity; dignity
- to seep in; to influence; to nurture; influence; training
- to reprimand; to admonish; to lecture sb
- Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period; the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius; (fig.) a mastermind
- living a simple life
- tranquil; tranquility; serenity
- to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (CL:點|点[dian3])
- to pick out; to select; to elect
- some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such
- to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip
- (archaic) a state with a thousand chariots (to fight a war) – a powerful state
- 节 jié: 节 jie2: joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)节 jiē: 节 jie1: see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
- spouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC); CL:個|个[ge4]
- to think over
- to prove a point; to expound on; to demonstrate or prove (through argument); proof