- hound; hunting dog
- 狄 Dí: 狄 Di2: surname Di; generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)狄 dí: 狄 di2: low ranking public official (old)
- historical fact
- not in detail; not quite clear
- to annex
- to hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion
- Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC)
- 长 zhǎng: 长 zhang3: chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance长 cháng: 长 chang2: long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- expression of opinion; views; remarks; arguments
- the sky; the heavens
- to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous); ornamental
- to amuse oneself; recreation
- play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate; CL:場|场[chang3]
- to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- lower bound (math.); world of mortals; (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals
- order; command; CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- to hit the target
- arrow; CL:支[zhi1]
- to praise; to laud
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- to see; to catch sight of
- at one's side; on hand
- to fall; to drop; to decline; to deteriorate; to go downhill
- they; them
- to keep; to retain
- field; farmland; cropland; plight; extent
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 辟 bì: 辟 bi4: (literary) king; monarch; (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service辟 pì: 辟 pi4: penal law辟 pì: 辟 pi4: to open (a door); to open up (for development); to dispel; to refute; to repudiate; (bound form) penetrating; incisive
- edge of blade
- 嘻 xī: 嘻 xi1: laugh; giggle; (interjection expressing admiration, surprise etc)嘻 xī: 嘻 xi1: (interjection expressing surprise, grief etc)
- somewhat; to some extent
- clear; distinct
- 屏 bǐng: 屏 bing3: to get rid of; to put aside; to reject; to keep control; to hold (one's breath)屏 bīng: 屏 bing1: used in 屏營|屏营[bing1 ying2]屏 píng: 屏 ping2: (standing) screen
- 愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: honest and prudent愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- 臣 Chén: 臣 Chen2: surname Chen臣 chén: 臣 chen2: state official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign); Kangxi radical 131
- 何为 hé wéi: 何为 he2 wei2: what is; (old) what for; (in a rhetorical question) it's no use何为 hé wèi: 何为 he2 wei4: (old) why
- great catastrophe
- head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc