- if only (sth were possible); I wish (that)
- to fly upwards; (fig.) to rise; to increase; (Daoism) to ascend to heaven; to achieve immortality
- to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
- in charge; responsible for; person in charge; manager
- minister in charge of the palace treasury in imperial China
- subordinate; underling
- official institution; state bureau
- owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- royal family; imperial household; member of the royal family
- sword
- weaponry; weapons; arms
- 玩 wán: 玩 wan2: to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]); to keep sth for entertainment玩 wán: 玩 wan2: Taiwan pr. [wan4]
- implement; utensil; article; object
- to wait; to wait for
- winter
- to carry out a (death) sentence; execution
- December; twelfth month (of the lunar year)
- to execute (a condemned criminal)
- convict; prisoner; criminal
- see 陽城縣|阳城县[Yang2 cheng2 Xian4]
- the world; this world; the world of the living
- to surpass; to transcend; to perform religious ceremonies to help the soul find peace
- (Taoism) to become an immortal
- this; these
- regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
- rumor; hearsay
- to deceive; to cheat
- to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- sea; ocean
- to seek; to look for
- to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate
- figure; physique; form and structure
- to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
- to meditate; meditation
- Penglai, island of immortals; fairyland
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- unavoidable; can't be avoided
- superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth)
- absurd; ridiculous
- to be in contact (with sb); to associate; to interact; to get along (well, poorly)
- to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that
- 把 bǎ: 把 ba3: to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})把 bà: 把 ba4: handle
- they; them
- to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- 妻子 qī zǐ: 妻子 qi1 zi3: wife and children妻子 qī zi: 妻子 qi1 zi5: wife