- 度 dù: 度 du4: to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences度 dúo: 度 duo2: to estimate; Taiwan pr. [duo4]
- to secure a position; to take an official appointment
- to draw government pay; to be in public service; salary of an official
- (of colors) bright; fresh and clear; clear-cut; distinct
- 何 hé: 何 he2: what; how; why; which; carry何 Hé: 何 He2: surname He
- 足 zú: 足 zu2: (bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully足 jù: 足 ju4: excessive
- to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
- Ban Gu (32-92), Eastern Han dynasty historian, wrote the Dynastic History of Western Han 漢書|汉书
- 论 Lún: 论 Lun2: abbr. for 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], The Analects (of Confucius)论 lùn: 论 lun4: opinion; view; theory; doctrine; to discuss; to talk about; to regard; to consider; per; by the (kilometer, hour etc)
- low; humble; plain; ugly; mean; vulgar
- thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]
- 据 jū: 据 ju1: used in 拮据[jie2 ju1]据 jù: 据 ju4: according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy
- 年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition
- 三 Sān: 三 San1: surname San三 sān: 三 san1: three; 3
- sacred mountain
- 方丈 Fāng zhang: 方丈 Fang1 zhang5: one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals方丈 fāng zhang: 方丈 fang1 zhang5: square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square); monastic room 10 feet square; Buddhist or Daoist abbot; abbot's chamber
- Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality
- Daoist immortal; celestial being
- 居 jū: 居 ju1: to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedrooms居 jī: 居 ji1: (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude居 Jū: 居 Ju1: surname Ju
- to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- to observe a religious fast; to abstain from food or certain activities before a ritual
- 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与 yù: 与 yu4: to take part in
- virgin male
- female; woman; daughter
- (bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
- 发 fā: 发 fa1: to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)发 fà: 发 fa4: hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3]
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
- alchemist; necromancer
- to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer
- to hide; to conceal; to mask; to shelter; to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden); to hide oneself; to lie low; to nestle; hidden; implicit; private; covert; recessed (lighting)
- the body; one's health
- outsider; foreigner; stranger
- not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing
- to play (musical instrument, esp. string)
- string instrument
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- immortal
- a real person; Daoist spiritual master