- high ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old); (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old); honorific (old)
- 祭 jì: 祭 ji4: to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (sth magic); (bound form) ceremony; (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival祭 Zhài: 祭 Zhai4: surname Zhai
- demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal
- to avoid calamities
- to pray for blessings
- to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- ceremony
- 布 bù: 布 bu4: to announce; to spread布 bù: 布 bu4: cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known
- to display; to exhibit
- silk
- money; coins; currency; silk
- identical; same
- gift; present
- Classic of Rites
- 檀 tán: 檀 tan2: sandalwood; hardwood; purple-red檀 Tán: 檀 Tan2: surname Tan
- 弓 Gōng: 弓 Gong1: surname Gong弓 gōng: 弓 gong1: a bow (weapon); CL:張|张[zhang1]; to bend; to arch (one's back etc)
- a staff; a rod; cane; walking stick; to flog with a stick (old)
- broom
- ancient times
- in order to; so as to
- to ward off evil spirits; mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1])
- (bound form) dirty; filthy
- stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race
- whisk broom; small broom; CL:把[ba3]
- bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly
- emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain
- 宿 xǐu: 宿 xiu3: night; classifier for nights宿 xìu: 宿 xiu4: constellation宿 Sù: 宿 Su4: surname Su宿 sù: 宿 su4: lodge for the night; old; former
- to be located at; to be situated at; to lie
- north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
- the twenty-eight constellations
- one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)
- ram (male sheep)
- 冬 dōng: 冬 dong1: winter冬 Dōng: 冬 Dong1: surname Dong冬 dōng: 冬 dong1: (onom.) beating a drum; rat-a-tat
- 神 Shén: 神 Shen2: God神 shén: 神 shen2: god; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing
- arc
- thorns
- arrow; dart; straight; to vow; to swear
- thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth
- arrow; CL:支[zhi1]
- the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
- just; exactly; to happen to be
- to run into; to come upon; to meet
- to pass away; to die
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- to worry; anxiety (about)
- then; after that; afterwards
- to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)