- front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- (bound form) posthumous name or title; (literary) to confer a posthumous name or title
- this; these
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- empress; imperial consort
- ringed pheasant
- to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- she
- for a time; at one time; one time; once
- reality; practice; practical; realistic; real; actual
- to wield (power etc)
- (historical) affairs of state at the imperial court
- 史 Shǐ: 史 Shi3: surname Shi史 shǐ: 史 shi3: history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
- 称 chèn: 称 chen4: to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]称 chēng: 称 cheng1: to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise
- palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
- 同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- to dance; to wield; to brandish
- form word; in Classical Chinese, the first character of phrase having auxiliary grammatical function
- here
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- various sages; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
- 中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- to participate; to take part; to join
- the end of the Qin dynasty 207 BC
- uprising; insurrection; revolt
- to be born
- childhood; infancy
- to live; life; livelihood
- among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments
- a close friend over many years
- farming task
- pronoun
- 你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- detailed; comprehensive
- Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
- biographic sketch of an emperor
- 平定 Píng dìng: 平定 Ping2 ding4: see 平定縣|平定县[Ping2 ding4 Xian4]平定 píng dìng: 平定 ping2 ding4: to pacify
- armed rebellion
- contribution; meritorious service; credit
- (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])
- (the) very first
- to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot