- 这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this
- stump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
- long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job
- conclusion; verdict; CL:個|个[ge4]; to conclude; to reach a verdict
- no more; no longer
- to investigate; to delve; to probe; to enquire into; to look into
- among; in; included among these
- inside story; inside information
- eager to; in a hurry to
- to try to find out; to trace; to track down
- to flee from sth; to run away; to escape
- to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- next of kin; closely related
- way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); CL:種|种[zhong3]
- two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- 秋 qīu: 秋 qiu1: autumn; fall; harvest time秋 Qīu: 秋 Qiu1: surname Qiu秋 qīu: 秋 qiu1: used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- August; eighth month (of the lunar year)
- thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021; cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising
- death of a prince; swarming
- Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history, probably written by multiple authors during Han dynasty, same as 公羊春秋[Gong1 yang2 Chun1 qiu1]
- to murder a superior; to murder one's parent
- (literary) why; how
- inevitably
- to restrain; to check; to hold back
- cannot; should not; must not
- and; to reach; up to; in time for
- 卫 Wèi: 卫 Wei4: surname Wei; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces卫 wèi: 卫 wei4: to guard; to protect; to defend; abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene; health; abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet
- 桓 huán: 桓 huan2: Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)桓 Huán: 桓 Huan2: surname Huan
- favorite concubine
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to succeed to the throne
- to flee; to escape into exile
- to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)
- to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
- 卫国 Wèi gúo: 卫国 Wei4 guo2: state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhou卫国 wèi gúo: 卫国 wei4 guo2: to defend one's country
- to go into exile; to be in exile
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- to design; to plan; design; plan
- to kill
- 大夫 dài fu: 大夫 dai4 fu5: doctor; physician大夫 dà fū: 大夫 da4 fu1: senior official (in imperial China)
- 曾 zēng: 曾 zeng1: great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)曾 Zēng: 曾 Zeng1: surname Zeng曾 céng: 曾 ceng2: once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe
- don't!; must not
- to tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow (sb) to engage in bad behavior
- to participate (in sth)
- regicide; to commit regicide
- 把 bǎ: 把 ba3: to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})把 bà: 把 ba4: handle