- to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
- to provide (items for an event); to cater; to make preparations
- 通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
- to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect); (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])
- to observe the ritual mourning
- 时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- to execute (a plan); to grasp
- stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race
- here
- to refer to; to be used in place of
- lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack
- to offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors); to hold or attend a memorial service
- to raise one's wine cup
- to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- on the ground; on the floor
- (of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show; expression; manifestation
- (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough
- to keep; to maintain; to preserve
- to live; life; livelihood
- to lead; to command; to head
- Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
- 阴 Yīn: 阴 Yin1: surname Yin阴 yīn: 阴 yin1: overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia
- mound; tomb; hill; mountain
- see 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3]
- see 定遠縣|定远县[Ding4 yuan3 Xian4]
- 西北 Xī běi: 西北 Xi1 bei3: Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)西北 xī běi: 西北 xi1 bei3: northwest
- in mourning
- to expire; to run out; to come to an end
- to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from
- mourning garment
- to cease; to end
- to end
- because; owing to; on account of
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- to discard; to abandon (old ways); to invalidate
- the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
- branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)作 zùo: 作 zuo4: to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
- sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse
- 会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts
- 稽 qǐ: 稽 qi3: to bow to the ground稽 Jī: 稽 Ji1: surname Ji稽 jī: 稽 ji1: (bound form) to examine; to check (against records); (literary) to delay; to linger; (literary) to dispute; to argue
- county; (Japan) prefecture
- see 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]