- to divide sth into (parts); to subdivide
- 康 kāng: 康 kang1: healthy; peaceful; abundant康 Kāng: 康 Kang1: surname Kang
- uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2]
- wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent
- 纣 Zhòu: 纣 Zhou4: Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] (the name refers to a crupper 紂|纣[zhou4], the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)纣 zhòu: 纣 zhou4: crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
- to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
- to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive
- custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
- scholar officials
- (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
- to boast; to esteem; to sympathize
- 大 dà: 大 da4: big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)大 dài: 大 dai4: see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- words; speech; to say; to talk
- 少 shào: 少 shao4: young少 shǎo: 少 shao3: few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
- to implement; to carry out; to put into practice
- 语 yù: 语 yu4: (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know语 yǔ: 语 yu3: dialect; language; speech
- Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
- one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
- 假 jiǎ: 假 jia3: fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose假 jià: 假 jia4: vacation假 gēi: 假 gei1: used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]假 jiǎ: 假 jia3: to borrow
- 乐 Yuè: 乐 Yue4: surname Yue乐 Lè: 乐 Le4: surname Le乐 yuè: 乐 yue4: music乐 lè: 乐 le4: happy; cheerful; to laugh乐 lào: 乐 lao4: used in place names
- mistake; fault; responsibility (for a fault)
- error; fault; (law) negligence; delinquency
- Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
- 哀 āi: 哀 Ai1: Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]哀 āi: 哀 ai1: (bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole
- public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- 年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve
- to consolidate; to strengthen; firm; solid; stable
- 伺 sì: 伺 si4: to watch; to wait; to examine; to spy伺 cì: 伺 ci4: used in 伺候[ci4 hou5]
- to investigate; to observe; to scout; to seek out and examine; to explore
- to observe; to watch; to survey
- to investigate a crime; to scout; to reconnoiter; reconnaissance; detection; a scout
- to pry into; to spy on; to probe into
- (bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
- 亲 qìng: 亲 qing4: parents-in-law of one's offspring亲 qīn: 亲 qin1: parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear
- preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- 同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- to appear; present; now; existing; current
- to become visible; to reveal
- 曲 Qū: 曲 Qu1: surname Qu曲 qū: 曲 qu1: bent; crooked; wrong曲 qǔ: 曲 qu3: tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]曲 qū: 曲 qu1: fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- 礼 lǐ: 礼 li3: gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy礼 Lǐ: 礼 Li3: surname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites
- outdoor
- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- shoe