- moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- will; shall; to be going to
- idleness
- sinister; vicious; wicked; evil
- to plan and prepare
- as if; (just) like; just as; still; yet
- words; speech; to say; to talk
- to encourage
- 与 yù: 与 yu4: to take part in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
- to supervise; to reprimand
- sunset; evening
- 食 shí: 食 shi2: to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse食 sì: 食 si4: to feed (a person or animal)
- day; sky; heaven
- evening; night; late
- ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- to have a meal; to eat; to make a living
- 乾 qián: 乾 qian2: one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven; male principle; ☰; ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)乾 Qián: 乾 Qian2: surname Qian乾 Gān: 乾 Gan1: surname Gan乾 gān: 乾 gan1: dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder
- divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- fearful; respectful
- apprehension; apprehensive
- 厉 Lì: 厉 Li4: surname Li厉 lì: 厉 li4: strict; severe
- danger; dangerous
- god; spirit; demon; occult or supernatural entities in general
- to punish
- mistake; fault; responsibility (for a fault)
- to blame; to criticize; condemnation; reproach
- to recover completely (from illness or injury)
- to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively
- (attributive) (of a person) involved in sensitive, confidential work; (of information) secret; classified
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- to resign; to quit
- an official position; a job in the bureaucracy
- 殷 yǐn: 殷 yin3: roll of thunder殷 yīn: 殷 yin1: flourishing; abundant; earnest; hospitable殷 yān: 殷 yan1: dark red殷 Yīn: 殷 Yin1: surname Yin; dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after its move to Yinxu 殷墟[Yin1 xu1] in present-day Henan
- 周 Zhōu: 周 Zhou1: surname Zhou; Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: week; weekly
- 时代 Shí dài: 时代 Shi2 dai4: Time, US weekly news magazine时代 shí dài: 时代 shi2 dai4: age; era; epoch; period (in one's life); CL:個|个[ge4]
- a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region
- dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
- 长 cháng: 长 chang2: long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])长 zhǎng: 长 zhang3: chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
- provincial governor (old)
- deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
- to make a (careless) mistake; oversight
- to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology