- (bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- 元 yuán: 元 yuan2: currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon元 Yuán: 元 Yuan2: surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
- canton; county; region
- 龙 Lóng: 龙 Long2: surname Long龙 lóng: 龙 long2: Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur
- 亢 Kàng: 亢 Kang4: surname Kang; Kang, one of the 28 constellations亢 kàng: 亢 kang4: high; overbearing; excessive
- see 懷遠縣|怀远县[Huai2 yuan3 Xian4]
- (bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
- study of the Confucian classics
- 宁 zhù: 宁 zhu4: to store; to stand; space between the door and the entrance screen宁 níng: 宁 ning2: peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)宁 Níng: 宁 Ning2: abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]; surname Ning宁 nìng: 宁 ning4: would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]
- to succeed to the throne
- hardworking; assiduous
- to toil; hard work
- to assist; to aid; supplementary; auxiliary
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
- then and now; ancient and modern
- 待 dāi: 待 dai1: to stay; to remain待 dài: 待 dai4: to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to
- books; works
- canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn
- to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
- to arrive; most; to; until
- Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)
- to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
- the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
- (bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to sth); concentrated; specialized
- to impart; to pass on; to teach
- cause; reason; because
- 官 guān: 官 guan1: government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]官 Guān: 官 Guan1: surname Guan
- one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- in charge of; to control
- adviser; consultant
- to answer; to reply; to handle; to deal with; response
- to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross
- thorough; thoroughly; complete
- rapid; speedy; fast
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- fourteen; 14
- sixteen; 16
- 台 Tái: 台 Tai2: Taiwan (abbr.); surname Tai台 tāi: 台 tai1: used in place names台 tái: 台 tai2: (classical) you (in letters)台 tái: 台 tai2: desk; table; counter台 Tái: 台 Tai2: Taiwan (abbr.)台 tái: 台 tai2: platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines台 tái: 台 tai2: typhoon
- translated text
- compatriots (literary); fellow countrymen
- (literary) my deceased grandfather; (literary) ancestors