- Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
- statesman; politician; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Yan Ying (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also known as Yanzi 晏子[Yan4 zi3] , hero of book 晏子春秋[Yan4 zi3 Chun1 qiu1]
- life (a person's whole life); in one's entire life
- words and actions; what one says and what one does
- to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- later generation
- faking a modern object as an ancient one
- 作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)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
- 约 yuē: 约 yue1: to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise约 yāo: 约 yao1: to weigh in a balance or on a scale
- to finish (writing a book); to appear in book form; a book already in circulation
- 于 Yú: 于 Yu2: surname Yu于 yú: 于 yu2: to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle于 yú: 于 yu2: (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
- middle (of a period of time); medium-term (plan, forecast etc)
- after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
- somewhat; to some extent
- to augment; to supplement; to add
- 姜 Jiāng: 姜 Jiang1: surname Jiang姜 jiāng: 姜 jiang1: ginger
- family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
- name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- 春秋 Chūn qīu: 春秋 Chun1 qiu1: Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)春秋 chūn qīu: 春秋 chun1 qiu1: spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)
- 时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi
- monarch; sovereign
- to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry
- question; interrogation; doubt
- (linguistics) auxiliary word; function word; particle
- 当 dāng: 当 dang1: (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)当 dàng: 当 dang4: at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)当 dāng: 当 dang1: to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
- to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of
- a kind of sacrificial wine used in ancient times
- aromatic herb; vanilla; alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei; (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
- 校 jiào: 校 jiao4: to check; to collate; to proofread校 xiào: 校 xiao4: (bound form) school; college; (bound form) (military) field officer
- to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross
- History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
- 传 chuán: 传 chuan2: to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)传 zhuàn: 传 zhuan4: biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station
- 颜 Yán: 颜 Yan2: surname Yan颜 yán: 颜 yan2: color; face; countenance
- 注 zhù: 注 zhu4: (bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject; (bound form) to focus (one's spirit, gaze etc) on a single point; to concentrate; (bound form) stake (in gambling); classifier for stakes, sums of money, transactions or beams of light注 zhù: 注 zhu4: to annotate; to provide explanatory notes on a written text; an annotation; an explanatory note; (bound form) to put on record; to register
- 云 yún: 云 yun2: (classical) to say云 Yún: 云 Yun2: surname Yun; short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2]云 yún: 云 yun2: cloud; CL:朵[duo3]
- 读 dòu: 读 dou4: comma; phrase marked by pause读 dú: 读 du2: to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
- 谓 Wèi: 谓 Wei4: surname Wei谓 wèi: 谓 wei4: to speak; to say; to name; to designate; meaning; sense
- 毋 wú: 毋 wu2: (literary) no; don't; to not have; nobody毋 Wú: 毋 Wu2: surname Wu
- need not; does not have to; not necessarily