- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
- annal; historical record; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- 子 zi: 子 zi5: noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"子 zǐ: 子 zi3: son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- 书 Shū: 书 Shu1: abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]书 shū: 书 shu1: book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write
- (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- 东方 Dōng fāng: 东方 Dong1 fang1: the East; the Orient; two-character surname Dongfang东方 dōng fāng: 东方 dong1 fang1: east
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- domestic animal; sacrificial animal
- 岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: years old岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
- end; finish
- to make a new start; to regenerate
- to distinguish; to recognize
- (literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order; orderliness; (literary) decade
- 东 dōng: 东 dong1: east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord东 Dōng: 东 Dong1: surname Dong
- 作 zùo: 作 zuo4: to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- all things; all that exists
- to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
- a household; door; family
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 以 Yǐ: 以 Yi3: abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]以 yǐ: 以 yi3: to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- to sacrifice; to offer libation to
- 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
- to annotate; to add a comment; explanatory note; annotation
- ancient history
- 官 guān: 官 guan1: government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]官 Guān: 官 Guan1: surname Guan
- to keep a record of events; record; to start to form memories (after one's infancy)
- already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 佚 Yì: 佚 Yi4: surname Yi佚 yì: 佚 yi4: (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages); (bound form) reclusive
- someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)
- to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- scribe; court recorder; historian; historiographer
- 董 dǒng: 董 dong3: to supervise; to direct; director董 Dǒng: 董 Dong3: surname Dong
- fox
- 的 dì: 的 di4: (bound form) bull's-eye; target的 de: 的 de5: of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs的 dī: 的 di1: a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])的 dí: 的 di2: really and truly
- descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart; difference; distinction; in different ways; differently; separately; individually; respectively
- sequence; order
- early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another
- in order to; so as to
- to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
- every year; each year; yearly
- termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- again; once more; re-