- first year of an emperor's reign; first year of an era; first year of a significant time period
- to berate; to excoriate; to chide
- 足 zú: 足 zu2: (bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully足 jù: 足 ju4: excessive
- to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
- tallest; highest; supreme (court etc)
- emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- position; place; seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere
- 皇 Huáng: 皇 Huang2: surname Huang皇 huáng: 皇 huang2: emperor
- name; title; good reputation
- Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor
- Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC
- to comment on; to discuss; to suggest
- 泰 Tài: 泰 Tai4: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong; abbr. for Thailand泰 tài: 泰 tai4: safe; peaceful; most; grand
- to deter
- 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]
- to occupy; to hold
- (of terrain) rugged, providing a natural barrier to invasion
- (of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread; (of people) numerous
- to spy upon; to lie in wait for (an opportunity)
- one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open; to think about; to cherish
- ambition; goal; ideal; aspiration
- decree; ordinance
- system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to encourage
- the people
- to till; to cultivate
- spinning and weaving
- apparatus; instrument; equipment; weapon
- equipment; facilities; installations
- to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on
- commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess
- unstoppable; hard to hold back
- 平定 píng dìng: 平定 ping2 ding4: to pacify平定 Píng dìng: 平定 Ping2 ding4: see 平定縣|平定县[Ping2 ding4 Xian4]
- Sichuan; originally two provinces of Qin and Han
- to have; to possess
- everyone; every person
- party; gathering; to meet; to get together
- to form an alliance; to ally oneself with; allied with; aligned; to bond with
- to scheme; to plot; conspiracy
- not stint; not spare; not hesitate (to do sth); not scruple (to do sth)
- to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence)
- precious
- a treasure