- to make one's mark; to go up in the world; to make one's fortune
- prosperous
- infantile; young
- 孟 mèng: 孟 meng4: first month of a season; eldest amongst brothers孟 Mèng: 孟 Meng4: surname Meng
- (ancient character used in posthumous titles of monarchs)
- 须 xū: 须 xu1: must; to have to; to wait须 xū: 须 xu1: beard; mustache; feeler (of an insect etc); tassel
- room; universe
- ruler; those in power; the authorities
- 釐 lí: 釐 li2: one hundredth; centi-釐 Lí: 釐 Li2: Li (c. 2000 BC), sixth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Ai 哀[Ai1]
- to beg
- to generate; to produce; to form; to be formed; to come into being; to be born with; to be blessed with
- 常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang
- for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to sth); concentrated; specialized
- cannot; should not; must not
- to be a stickler for formalities; to rigidly adhere to; to cling to; constrained; ill at ease
- 更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more
- 京 jīng: 京 jing1: capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old); artificial mound (old)京 Jīng: 京 Jing1: surname Jing; short name for Beijing 北京[Bei3 jing1]; Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi; Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam
- Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)
- royal family; royal household
- scribe; court recorder; historian; historiographer
- divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- to change into
- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth; female principle; ☷; ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
- to obey; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind; ☴; ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast)
- 乾 qián: 乾 qian2: one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven; male principle; ☰; ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)乾 Qián: 乾 Qian2: surname Qian乾 Gān: 乾 Gan1: surname Gan乾 gān: 乾 gan1: dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder
- (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶
- to change into; to turn into; to become
- positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
- (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
- (say) a few words
- refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989
- to mean; meaning
- to tour; sightseeing; tourism
- to be beneficial to; to be conducive to
- monarch
- distant; remote
- 地方 dì fang: 地方 di4 fang5: place; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part; CL:處|处[chu4]地方 dì fāng: 地方 di4 fang1: region; regional (away from the central administration); local
- to shine; to illuminate
- detailed; in detail; minute
- 录 lù: 录 lu4: to carve wood录 Lù: 录 Lu4: surname Lu录 lù: 录 lu4: diary; record; to hit; to copy
- to prepare for an exam; (of an appendix, note etc) for reference
- material; timber; ability; aptitude; a capable individual; coffin (old)
- 照 zhào: 照 zhao4: to shine; to illuminate照 zhào: 照 zhao4: according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before
- therefore