- to trust; to have confidence in
- 官 guān: 官 guan1: government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]官 Guān: 官 Guan1: surname Guan
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 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)
- 大夫 dài fu: 大夫 dai4 fu5: doctor; physician大夫 dà fū: 大夫 da4 fu1: senior official (in imperial China)
- the absolute beginning
- Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography
- pot; classifier for bottled liquid
- 遂 súi: 遂 sui2: used in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2]; Taiwan pr. [sui4]遂 sùi: 遂 sui4: to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach
- to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- to correct; to amend; to put right; correction; CL:個|个[ge4]
- beginning; first day of lunar month; north
- (literary) to admonish; (bound form) imperial edict
- to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote
- common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
- to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
- now; at present; currently
- date
- just; exactly; to happen to be
- to just happen to coincide with
- to get; to obtain; to receive
- season
- this place; here (literary)
- to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
- to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve; CL:個|个[ge4]
- translated text
- popular tradition; folk legend
- small box
- inside; interior; also pr. [li3 mian5]
- to anticipate; to foresee
- life span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine)
- length; accident; mishap; right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits
- to get; to obtain
- 写 xiè: 写 xie4: used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]写 xiě: 写 xie3: to write
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed
- (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- time; length of time; moment; period
- lit. one dragon; integrated chain; coordinated process
- beard; CL:根[gen1],綹|绺[liu3]
- to welcome; to greet