- November; eleventh month (of the lunar year)
- 要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
- Lu, vassal state at the time of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝|周朝[Zhou1 chao2], located in the southwest of present-day Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1], birthplace of Confucius
- feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
- (bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父[bo2 fu4]); (computing) (bound form) parent-
- 派 pā: 派 pa1: used in 派司[pa1 si5]派 pài: 派 pai4: (literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction; (bound form) style; manner; to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb); classifier for factions, groups etc; (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc; (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...; (loanword) pie
- to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 家 jiā: 家 jia1: used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]家 jiā: 家 jia1: home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- 立 Lì: 立 Li4: surname Li立 lì: 立 li4: to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately
- 桓 huán: 桓 huan2: Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)桓 Huán: 桓 Huan2: surname Huan
- the lord of Lu (who declined to employ Confucius)
- to attack (the enemy)
- name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor
- biographic sketch of an emperor
- Qin Ershi (229-207 BC), second Qin emperor
- 三 Sān: 三 San1: surname San三 sān: 三 san1: three; 3
- 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
- already; to stop; then; afterwards
- cannot; should not; must not
- to check; to contain; to hold back; to keep within limits; to constrain; to restrain
- 胡 hú: 胡 hu2: non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])胡 Hú: 胡 Hu2: surname Hu胡 hú: 胡 hu2: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]胡 hú: 胡 hu2: beard; mustache; whiskers
- 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar; ancient Chinese compass point: 330°
- to dream about (sth or sb); to see in a dream
- White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky); (slang) hairless female genitalia
- to bite; to nip
- 左 Zǔo: 左 Zuo3: surname Zuo左 zǔo: 左 zuo3: left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite
- outside horses of a team of 4
- 马 Mǎ: 马 Ma3: surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]马 mǎ: 马 ma3: horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- to divine
- 结果 jié gǔo: 结果 jie2 guo3: outcome; result; consequence; in the end; as a result; to kill; to dispatch结果 jiē gǔo: 结果 jie1 guo3: to bear fruit
- to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out; to exterminate; to tear down; to raze
- 宫 Gōng: 宫 Gong1: surname Gong宫 gōng: 宫 gong1: palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
- to observe a religious fast; to abstain from food or certain activities before a ritual
- preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- 赵 Zhào: 赵 Zhao4: surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms赵 zhào: 赵 zhao4: to surpass (old)
- 高 gāo: 高 gao1: high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)高 Gāo: 高 Gao1: surname Gao
- to seize an opportunity
- daughter's husband; son-in-law
- to kill
- to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including