- to flee; to scuttle; to exile or banish; to amend or edit
- deep in the mountains
- to be content with what one is
- breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan); to cease; to stop; to rest; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- 偃 Yǎn: 偃 Yan3: surname Yan偃 yǎn: 偃 yan3: to lie supine; to stop; to fall down
- a city wall
- dealings; contacts; to go back and forth
- imperial capital
- to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess
- 延 yán: 延 yan2: to prolong; to extend; to delay延 Yán: 延 Yan2: surname Yan
- guests; visitors
- no good; not good for; not beneficial
- to teach; to instruct; to induce
- to cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch; to dig earth with the snout; arched
- silent; to write from memory
- decoration; ornament; to decorate; to adorn; to hide; to conceal (a fault); excuse (to hide a fault); to play a role (in opera); to impersonate
- emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain
- to boast; to esteem; to sympathize
- false; fake; forged; bogus; (prefix) pseudo-; Taiwan pr. [wei4]
- to deceive; to dupe; falsehood; lie; (dialect) to amuse
- 世 Shì: 世 Shi4: surname Shi世 shì: 世 shi4: life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble
- brilliant; glorious
- to resign; to dismiss; to decline; (literary) to take leave; (archaic poetic genre) ballad
- thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal
- namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (coll.) very; extremely
- end; finish
- 利 lì: 利 li4: sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit利 Lì: 利 Li4: surname Li
- (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
- 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)
- to ridicule
- surname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4]
- 姬 Jī: 姬 Ji1: surname Ji; family name of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty 周代[Zhou1 dai4] (1046–256 BC)姬 jī: 姬 ji1: woman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)
- female; woman; daughter
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- woman
- two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- bits; fragments; crumbs; filings; trifling; trivial; to condescend to
- far-reaching; broad; ambitious; promising
- to lose; to miss; to fail
- classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]
- 语 yù: 语 yu4: (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know语 yǔ: 语 yu3: dialect; language; speech
- (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 曲 qū: 曲 qu1: bent; crooked; wrong曲 qǔ: 曲 qu3: tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]曲 Qū: 曲 Qu1: surname Qu曲 qū: 曲 qu1: fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- 随 súi: 随 sui2: to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently随 Súi: 随 Sui2: surname Sui
- to be shoulder to shoulder; (fig.) to be as good as; to match; Taiwan pr. [bi4 jian1]
- 行 háng: 行 hang2: (bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines行 héng: 行 heng2: used in 道行[dao4 heng2]行 xíng: 行 xing2: (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon
- to follow; to accompany
- 见 jiàn: 见 jian4: to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view见 xiàn: 见 xian4: to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
- Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]