- arrow; dart; straight; to vow; to swear
- arrowhead; sharp
- 费 fèi: 费 fei4: to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses费 Fèi: 费 Fei4: surname Fei
- Northeast China; Manchuria; lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1]; Kantō region of Japan
- 困 kùn: 困 kun4: to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute困 kùn: 困 kun4: sleepy; tired
- 散 sǎn: 散 san3: scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine散 sàn: 散 san4: to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack
- to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
- bribe; bribery
- energy left over (to do sth else)
- detriment; fraud; harm; defeat
- by the time that
- 承 chéng: 承 cheng2: to bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive承 Chéng: 承 Cheng2: surname Cheng; Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- to resist; to fight; to defy; anti-
- to scold; shout at; to hoot at
- shoe; to tread on
- the most honorable; the most respected; supreme; (archaic) the emperor
- 六合 Lù hé: 六合 Lu4 he2: see 六合區|六合区[Lu4 he2 Qu1]六合 lìu hé: 六合 liu4 he2: the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down); the whole country; the universe; everything under the sun
- (fig.) the whole world
- School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[Su1 Qin2] and Zhang Yi 張儀|张仪[Zhang4 Yi2]
- to write; literary work; book; article; writings; CL:部[bu4]
- also known as
- a national policy
- to keep a record of events; record; to start to form memories (after one's infancy)
- a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- early years
- Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty
- to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up
- name of a book; reputation as calligrapher
- 刘 Líu: 刘 Liu2: surname Liu刘 líu: 刘 liu2: (classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter
- to draw up; to draft; to formulate
- to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by; CL:個|个[ge4]
- Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝|秦朝[Qin2 chao2]
- to change the laws; political reform; unconventional method
- rich and powerful
- Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
- see 靈寶市|灵宝市[Ling2 bao3 Shi4]
- always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time
- joint name; combined name
- China