- doorway; gate; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 伏 Fú: 伏 Fu2: surname Fu伏 fú: 伏 fu2: to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt
- (literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot; to bow while leaning on this handrail as a gesture of respect
- to salute; to pay one's respects to; to pay tribute to; to pay homage to
- rest; to rest
- this; these
- to take up an official post
- to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- to defend; to uphold; to safeguard
- 年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- Wu Yong, character of 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], nicknamed Resourceful Star 智多星[Zhi4 duo1 xing1]
- Wu Zixu (–484 BC), Chu-born strategist for Wu. After the King of Chu executed his family, he fled to Wu and masterminded Wu's invasion of Chu (506 BC), destroying its capital in a campaign that doubled as personal vengeance.
- 计 Jì: 计 Ji4: surname Ji计 jì: 计 ji4: to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge
- to force entrance into; to score a goal (sport)
- 楚 chǔ: 楚 chu3: distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)楚 Chǔ: 楚 Chu3: surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)
- to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties)
- court (of king or emperor)
- to cry bitterly
- seven; 7
- day and night; around the clock
- to dispatch an army; to send troops
- to save; to assist; to rescue
- the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
- to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively
- to rush about; to be constantly on the move
- bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
- now; the present time; current; contemporary; this (day, year etc)
- see 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3]
- see 江陵縣|江陵县[Jiang1 ling2 Xian4]
- 纪 Jǐ: 纪 Ji3: surname Ji; also pr. [Ji4]纪 jì: 纪 ji4: order; discipline; age; era; period; to chronicle
- see 南城縣|南城县[Nan2 cheng2 Xian4]
- Guan Zhong (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period; known as Guangzi 管子
- (bound form) to overstep one's authority
- 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
- etiquette; system of rites
- to live; life; livelihood
- luxurious; extravagant
- statesman; politician; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 当 dāng: 当 dang1: (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)当 dàng: 当 dang4: at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)当 dāng: 当 dang1: to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
- 制 zhì: 制 zhi4: system; to control; to regulate制 zhì: 制 zhi4: to manufacture; to make
- to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed
- 系 xì: 系 xi4: to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)系 xì: 系 xi4: system; department; faculty系 jì: 系 ji4: to tie; to fasten; to button up系 xì: 系 xi4: to connect; to arrest; to worry
- forehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount