- crown prince
- 晋 jìn: 晋 jin4: to move forward; to promote; to advance晋 Jìn: 晋 Jin4: surname Jin; the Jin Dynasties (265–420); Western Jin 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265–316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317–420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936–946); short name for Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1]
- 能 néng: 能 neng2: can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy能 Néng: 能 Neng2: surname Neng
- to anticipate; to foresee
- time of death; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- prince; son of a king
- Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政[Qin2 Ying2 Zheng4] (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC
- to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving
- god; deity
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- the state of Qin, one of the seven states of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
- to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- hostage
- to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
- many; a lot of; much
- auspicious sign
- there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- similar; analogous
- 说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade
- Venus (planet)
- spirit; fairy; elf; sprite; genie
- the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC
- wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- 后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- surname Yao; Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝[Wu3 Di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
- affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to; by all means
- 成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- 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-子 zi: 子 zi5: noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
- 周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially周 Zhōu: 周 Zhou1: surname Zhou; Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: week; weekly
- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- ears without rim
- Fan Li (536-488 BC), politician of Yue state, businessman and economist
- (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
- for no reason at all
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- magical; mystical; miraculous
- region south of the Huai River and north of the Yangtze River, esp. central Anhui Province; see 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 Shi4]
- (Taoism) to become an immortal
- Confucian scholar (old)
- positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
- to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin
- poor; poverty-stricken; impoverished
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though