- coastal area
- to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed
- to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- 相 xiāng: 相 xiang1: each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])相 Xiāng: 相 Xiang1: surname Xiang相 xiàng: 相 xiang4: appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
- one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 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
- 师 shī: 师 shi1: teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops师 Shī: 师 Shi1: surname Shi
- also known as; alternative name; to also be called
- 巫 Wū: 巫 Wu1: surname Wu; also pr. [Wu2]巫 wū: 巫 wu1: witch; wizard; shaman; also pr. [wu2]
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly
- also known as
- the distant past; ancient times; antiquity; early historical times
- dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
- affairs of state
- 国 Gúo: 国 Guo2: surname Guo国 gúo: 国 guo2: country; nation; state; (bound form) national
- monarch
- to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
- thought; thinking; idea; ideology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- literature
- Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子[Lao3 zi3] (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC)
- medicine; medical science; study of medicine
- whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes
- Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
- 也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye
- to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- Taoism; Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
- to rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue
- front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- 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)
- Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person
- 老子 lǎo zi: 老子 lao3 zi5: father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)老子 Lǎo zǐ: 老子 Lao3 zi3: Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi
- name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- famous; noted; well-known; celebrated
- thinker
- 春秋 Chūn qīu: 春秋 Chun1 qiu1: Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)春秋 chūn qīu: 春秋 chun1 qiu1: spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)
- tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man
- statesman; politician; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- military expert; general
- economist
- 和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]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 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 Hé: 和 He2: surname He
- scholar
- 曾 Zēng: 曾 Zeng1: surname Zeng曾 céng: 曾 ceng2: once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)曾 zēng: 曾 zeng1: great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
- to offer advice; to make a suggestion
- to assist