- lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved; time flies; also written 星移斗轉|星移斗转[xing1 yi2 Dou3 zhuan3]
- lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom); fig. the transformations of the world
- (concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- to look as if; to seem
- quietly; noiselessly
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 大 dài: 大 dai4: see 大夫[dai4 fu5]大 dà: 大 da4: big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- on the ground; on the floor
- to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
- to walk past; to pass by
- vestige; mark; trace
- each; every
- history; antecedents; origin
- direction; points of the compass; bearing; position; azimuth
- and; as well as
- to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
- to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming
- original meaning; literal sense
- 应 Yīng: 应 Ying1: surname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]应 yīng: 应 ying1: to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall应 yìng: 应 ying4: to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with
- 劭 Shào: 劭 Shao4: surname Shao劭 shào: 劭 shao4: stimulate to effort
- among; in; included among these
- river; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- lake
- already
- to sink into oblivion; to bury in obscurity
- we; us; ourselves; our
- to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- able to; so that sb can; enabling; in order to; finally in a position to; with sth in view
- to understand; to realize; to find out
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 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
- really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- geography
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- valuable; precious; to value; to treasure; to set store by
- Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety)
- to speak; to say
- 圣 kū: 圣 ku1: (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)圣 shèng: 圣 sheng4: (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- independent; independence; to stand alone
- (literary) wise; wisdom
- not only
- to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research