- down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- to neglect one's duty; to be guilty of dereliction of duty
- 民 Mín: 民 Min2: surname Min民 mín: 民 min2: (bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
- political; politics; government
- 怀 Huái: 怀 Huai2: surname Huai怀 huái: 怀 huai2: bosom; heart; mind; to think of; to harbor in one's mind; to conceive (a child)
- to sing
- 这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this
- 经 Jīng: 经 Jing1: surname Jing经 jīng: 经 jing1: classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]
- Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
- to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary
- nine; 9
- 惠 Hùi: 惠 Hui4: surname Hui惠 hùi: 惠 hui4: (bound form) act of kindness (from a superior); (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧|惠顾[hui4 gu4])
- already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 庄 zhuāng: 庄 zhuang1: farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)庄 Zhuāng: 庄 Zhuang1: surname Zhuang
- 历 lì: 历 li4: calendar历 lì: 历 li4: to experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; history
- twenty; 20
- to press on towards; to close in on; to approach; to draw near
- north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
- internal; national; domestic (policy)
- to squeeze; to press; to extrude
- (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- road; path; way; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- precipitous
- uneven; injustice; unfairness; wrong; grievance; indignant; dissatisfied
- 喻 yù: 喻 yu4: to describe sth as; an analogy; a simile; a metaphor; an allegory喻 Yù: 喻 Yu4: surname Yu
- situation (of a person)
- difficult; hard; challenging
- see 差點|差点[cha4 dian3]
- to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)
- country; nation; state
- to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
- 土 Tǔ: 土 Tu3: surname Tu; Tu ethnic group土 tǔ: 土 tu3: earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- 神 shén: 神 shen2: god; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing神 Shén: 神 Shen2: God
- harvest God
- in order to; so as to
- to refer to; to be used in place of
- 要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- domestic animal; sacrificial animal
- vassal state
- final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- 卫国 wèi gúo: 卫国 wei4 guo2: to defend one's country卫国 Wèi gúo: 卫国 Wei4 guo2: state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhou
- (of a nation) to be destroyed; to be subjugated; a fallen nation