- this place; here (literary)
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- summer
- or; either one or the other
- concrete; specific; detailed
- 说法 shūo fa: 说法 shuo1 fa5: way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation说法 shūo fǎ: 说法 shuo1 fa3: to expound Buddhist teachings
- one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate
- five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
- 春 chūn: 春 chun1: spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life春 Chūn: 春 Chun1: surname Chun
- a household; door; family
- 夏 Xià: 夏 Xia4: the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432); surname Xia夏 xià: 夏 xia4: summer
- central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state)
- 中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong
- dripping of rain from eaves
- 秋 qīu: 秋 qiu1: autumn; fall; harvest time秋 Qīu: 秋 Qiu1: surname Qiu秋 qīu: 秋 qiu1: used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- 门 Mén: 门 Men2: surname Men门 mén: 门 men2: gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)
- 行 héng: 行 heng2: used in 道行[dao4 heng2]行 xíng: 行 xing2: (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon行 háng: 行 hang2: (bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines
- Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
- 荀 xún: 荀 xun2: (archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts; name of a state that existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shanxi荀 Xún: 荀 Xun2: surname Xun
- pleased
- 著 zháo: 著 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in著 zhúo: 著 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply著 zhe: 著 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state著 zhāo: 著 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add著 zhúo: 著 zhuo2: used in 執著|执著[zhi2 zhuo2]著 zhù: 著 zhu4: to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding
- in the style of annals; chronological history, the regular form of the Chinese dynastic histories
- history book
- to write down; to record; written account
- Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty
- an era; an age; a generation
- see 新野縣|新野县[Xin1 ye3 Xian4]
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls
- 传 zhuàn: 传 zhuan4: biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station传 chuán: 传 chuan2: to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)
- 三 Sān: 三 San1: surname San三 sān: 三 san1: three; 3
- same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- twelfth lunar month
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- wild; undomesticated
- 羊 yáng: 羊 yang2: sheep; goat; CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]羊 Yáng: 羊 Yang2: surname Yang
- 西 xī: 西 xi1: west西 Xī: 西 Xi1: the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanish
- Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)
- to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
- lieutenant (navy); first lieutenant (army); subaltern