- taboo; contraindication (medicine); to abstain from
- May; fifth month (of the lunar year)
- to jeopardize; to be harmful to; to undermine
- father and mother; parents
- neutron
- 莫 mò: 莫 mo4: do not; there is none who莫 Mò: 莫 Mo4: surname Mo
- achievements and virtue
- order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]
- offspring; posterity
- towering; imposing
- humane; kernel
- monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- people's livelihood; people's welfare
- wet nurse
- Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- ordained or appointed to a post; to benefit from counsel
- day; sky; heaven
- why not?; why not do (sth)?
- a household; door; family
- who; also pr. [shui2]
- 能 néng: 能 neng2: can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy能 Néng: 能 Neng2: surname Neng
- 夫 fū: 夫 fu1: husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)夫 fú: 夫 fu2: (classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
- learning; knowledge; scholarship; a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门[men2]); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
- 贵 gùi: 贵 gui4: expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank; (prefix) (honorific) your贵 Gùi: 贵 Gui4: short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
- 体 tī: 体 ti1: used in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5]; Taiwan pr. [ti3]体 tǐ: 体 ti3: body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)
- learned
- 宜 yí: 宜 yi2: proper; should; suitable; appropriate宜 Yí: 宜 Yi2: surname Yi
- different; other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate
- 答 dá: 答 da2: to answer; to reply; to respond答 dā: 答 da1: bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答[da2], used in 答應|答应[da1 ying5], 答理[da1 li5] etc
- 越 yuè: 越 yue4: to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more越 Yuè: 越 Yue4: generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南
- (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
- life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- as for; as to; to go so far as to
- 明 míng: 明 ming2: bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods明 Míng: 明 Ming2: Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- one's home town or village
- aloof; detached; disinterested; impartial
- 远 yuàn: 远 yuan4: to distance oneself from (classical)远 yuǎn: 远 yuan3: far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)
- to look at; to view; to read
- 何为 hé wèi: 何为 he2 wei4: (old) why何为 hé wéi: 何为 he2 wei2: what is; (old) what for; (in a rhetorical question) it's no use
- (literary) to hear; to listen
- 晋 Jìn: 晋 Jin4: surname Jin; the Jin Dynasties (265–420); Western Jin 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265–316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317–420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936–946); short name for Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1]晋 jìn: 晋 jin4: to move forward; to promote; to advance
- simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
- a load on one's mind; worry; CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- gladly; cheerfully
- to continue; to replenish