- to seek; to look for
- Daoist immortal; celestial being
- legendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem
- to carry; to take along; to bring along; to hold (hands); also pr. [xi1]
- huge investment; vast sum
- to go with sb; to form companionships
- to abscond; to slink off
- 怒 Nù: 怒 Nu4: Nu ethnic group怒 nù: 怒 nu4: anger; fury; flourishing; vigorous
- to catch; to capture; to seize
- to bury alive
- pit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive; (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over
- to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (CL:點|点[dian3])
- to give an order; to issue an order
- to burn; to set on fire
- apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond
- history book
- doctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade; (old) court academician
- to be in charge of; assignment
- the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] and the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
- many schools of thought; many people or households
- to set a time limit; time limit; deadline
- to hand over
- to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
- to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely; to exterminate
- culture; civilization; cultural; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
- to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
- to wrap around; bundle; parcel; package; to press into service; to pressgang; to make off with (sth)
- 头 tóu: 头 tou2: head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4]头 tou: 头 tou5: suffix for nouns
- 黔 Qián: 黔 Qian2: short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]黔 qián: 黔 qian2: (literary) black; to blacken
- free; no charge; at no cost
- to conscript; to second (personnel); to requisition (supplies etc)
- to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
- to build
- the Great Wall
- Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]; also pr. [E1fang2 Gong1]
- Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor
- grave; tomb
- physical labor
- forced labor; corvee
- moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]