- to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
- 宛 wǎn: 宛 wan3: winding; as if宛 Wǎn: 宛 Wan3: surname Wan
- county; (Japan) prefecture
- now; the present time; current; contemporary; this (day, year etc)
- see 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]; see 河南蒙古族自治縣|河南蒙古族自治县[He2 nan2 Meng2 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- early morning
- to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to pay homage (at a monument, mausoleum etc)
- see 偃師區|偃师区[Yan3 shi1 Qu1]
- southeast
- without cause or reason
- to acquire; to get; to obtain
- reputation
- social status; price of a slave; price of a person (a sportsman etc); worth; value (of stocks, valuables etc)
- (idiom) natural; unforced; (idiom) naturally; as a matter of course; in the natural course of things
- 地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- 为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to
- emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle (old)
- (literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order; orderliness; (literary) decade
- 比 bǐ: 比 bi3: to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)比 Bǐ: 比 Bi3: Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- 石 Shí: 石 Shi2: surname Shi; abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei石 dàn: 石 dan4: dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters; ancient pr. [shi2]石 shí: 石 shi2: rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- to be in charge of; assignment
- adviser; consultant
- to answer; to reply; to handle; to deal with; response
- to participate (in sth)
- to discuss politics
- gains and losses; success and failure; merits and demerits
- even more
- prominent; eminent; important person; notable; dignitary
- (old) a person of literary talent; a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post)
- high level; high grade; advanced; high-ranking
- bureaucrat; official
- to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including
- outside; in addition; foreign; external
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- near; close to; approximately
- office; bureau; (Taiwan pr. [shu4]) to sign; to arrange
- Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to install; to place; to put; to buy
- thirteen; 13
- provincial governor (old)
- ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc