- April; fourth month (of the lunar year)
- forty-ninth year I1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1972 or 2032
- death of a prince; swarming
- to bury (the dead); to inter
- see 南陵縣|南陵县[Nan2 ling2 Xian4]
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- Empress Dowager
- to observe; to obey; to follow; to comply with
- foundation; base; family estate
- to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- 重 chóng: 重 chong2: to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer重 zhòng: 重 zhong4: heavy; serious; to attach importance to
- 承 Chéng: 承 Cheng2: surname Cheng; Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God承 chéng: 承 cheng2: to bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive
- army
- common people
- to be saved from; to be spared (something)
- weapons of war; arms
- 难 nàn: 难 nan4: disaster; distress; to scold难 nán: 难 nan2: difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
- happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
- 宜 Yí: 宜 Yi2: surname Yi宜 yí: 宜 yi2: proper; should; suitable; appropriate
- cause; reason; because
- 修 Xīu: 修 Xiu1: surname Xiu修 xīu: 修 xiu1: to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class)
- surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]; short name for 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1]
- 余 yú: 余 yu2: (literary) I; me余 Yú: 余 Yu2: surname Yu余 yú: 余 yu2: extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me
- church and state; government and education; political education
- light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
- criminal; penal
- 少 shào: 少 shao4: young少 shǎo: 少 shao3: few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
- 与 yù: 与 yu4: to take part in与 yǔ: 与 yu3: (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- rest; to rest
- frugal; economical; thrifty
- to control onself; to exercise self-restraint; self-sustaining
- to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- 籍 Jí: 籍 Ji2: surname Ji籍 jí: 籍 ji2: (bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral records; (bound form) membership
- 田 Tián: 田 Tian2: surname Tian田 tián: 田 tian2: field; farm; CL:片[pian4]
- to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe
- farming; agriculture
- 桑 Sāng: 桑 Sang1: surname Sang桑 sāng: 桑 sang1: (bound form) mulberry tree
- affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to; by all means
- 民 Mín: 民 Min2: surname Min民 mín: 民 min2: (bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
- (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 足 zú: 足 zu2: (bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully足 jù: 足 ju4: excessive
- (literary) granary
- real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely
- to accumulate; to store up
- to have an abundance
- correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
- 黄 Huáng: 黄 Huang2: surname Huang or Hwang黄 huáng: 黄 huang2: yellow; pornographic; to fall through