- 宜 Yí: 宜 Yi2: surname Yi宜 yí: 宜 yi2: proper; should; suitable; appropriate
- to break; to destroy; to devastate; to ravage; to repress
- to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or
- court eunuch
- (historical) consort kin
- right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- (bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
- to comment on; to discuss; to suggest
- 郎 Láng: 郎 Lang2: surname Lang郎 láng: 郎 lang2: (arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status; a youth
- 后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- (of one person) to hold the successive posts of; (of several persons) the successive (presidents etc)
- see 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4]; see 荊州區|荆州区[Jing1 zhou1 Qu1]
- provincial governor (old)
- 将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- 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]
- craftsman
- minister responsible for agriculture and state granaries in imperial China
- place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located
- well qualified; competent; to be equal to the task; able to do sth very well
- within the borders; internal (to a country, province, city etc); domestic
- 安宁 ān níng: 安宁 An1 ning2: see 安寧區|安宁区[An1 ning2 Qu1]; see 安寧市|安宁市[An1 ning2 Shi4]安宁 ān níng: 安宁 an1 ning2: peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed; free from worry
- and; to reach; up to; in time for
- 冲 chōng: 冲 chong1: (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with冲 chòng: 冲 chong4: powerful; vigorous; pungent; towards; in view of冲 chōng: 冲 chong1: thoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush; to clash
- to succeed to the throne; accession
- to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- cause; reason; because
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
- 梁 Liáng: 梁 Liang2: Liang Dynasty (502–557); Later Liang Dynasty (907–923); surname Liang梁 liáng: 梁 liang2: roof beam; beam (structure); bridge
- 冀 Jì: 冀 Ji4: short name for Hebei 河北[He2 bei3]; surname Ji冀 jì: 冀 ji4: (literary) to hope for
- to relieve sb of his post; to sack; to demote; dismissal; sacking
- 和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]和 hé: 和 he2: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others
- first year of an emperor's reign; first year of an era; first year of a significant time period
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb
- crafty scoundrel; villain
- to conspire; to plot together
- 立 Lì: 立 Li4: surname Li立 lì: 立 li4: to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately
- 刘 líu: 刘 liu2: (classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter刘 Líu: 刘 Liu2: surname Liu
- garlic; CL:頭|头[tou2],瓣[ban4]
- the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
- to imprison
- to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- correct; sound; right; proper
- way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); CL:種|种[zhong3]
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan); to cease; to stop; to rest; Taiwan pr. [xi2]