- capital city
- see 洛陽市|洛阳市[Luo4 yang2 Shi4]
- chief executive; magistrate
- as if; (just) like; just as; still; yet
- law and order
- one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face
- to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime
- a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region
- Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
- 庄 zhuāng: 庄 zhuang1: farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)庄 Zhuāng: 庄 Zhuang1: surname Zhuang
- public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- fourteen; 14
- (bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- 郑 Zhèng: 郑 Zheng4: Zheng, a Zhou-dynasty state in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑[Xin1 zheng4], a county-level city in Henan; abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1], the capital of Henan; surname Zheng郑 zhèng: 郑 zheng4: used in 鄭重|郑重[zheng4 zhong4]
- to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- 厉 Lì: 厉 Li4: surname Li厉 lì: 厉 li4: strict; severe
- to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- 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
- four; 4
- 秋 qīu: 秋 qiu1: autumn; fall; harvest time秋 Qīu: 秋 Qiu1: surname Qiu秋 qīu: 秋 qiu1: used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- July; seventh month (of the lunar year)
- 赵 zhào: 赵 zhao4: to surpass (old)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
- 从 Cóng: 从 Cong2: surname Cong从 cóng: 从 cong2: from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- 郭 gūo: 郭 guo1: outer city wall郭 Gūo: 郭 Guo1: surname Guo
- city; village
- group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
- filial piety or obedience; mourning apparel
- down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
- identical; same
- to write down; to record; written account
- 兴 xīng: 兴 xing1: to rise; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage; to get up; (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect); maybe (dialect)兴 Xīng: 兴 Xing1: surname Xing兴 xìng: 兴 xing4: feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement
- to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
- improvisation (in the arts); impromptu; extemporaneous
- translated text
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as
- to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- red (color); revolutionary
- 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 part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart; difference; distinction; in different ways; differently; separately; individually; respectively
- 和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He和 hé: 和 he2: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs