Vocabulary: 豫章太守汝南封祈、泰山太守周乘
- canton; county; region
- see 南昌市[Nan2 chang1 Shi4]; see 南昌縣|南昌县[Nan2 chang1 Xian4]
- see 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]
- 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
- 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
- 新 Xīn: 新 Xin1: abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin新 xīn: 新 xin1: new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- lifetime achievements
- not in detail; not quite clear
- A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆[Liu2 Yi4 qing4]
- to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty)
- to praise; to acclaim; reputation
- to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
- (literary) ancient sage
- 传 chuán: 传 chuan2: to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)传 zhuàn: 传 zhuan4: biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- innate talent; gift; flair; native resource; dowry
- (literary) acute (of hearing); (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
- clear; bright
- 高 Gāo: 高 Gao1: surname Gao高 gāo: 高 gao1: high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- 峙 shì: 峙 shi4: used in 繁峙[Fan2 shi4] (the name of a place in Shanxi)峙 zhì: 峙 zhi4: (literary) to tower aloft
- 岳 Yuè: 岳 Yue4: surname Yue岳 yuè: 岳 yue4: wife's parents and paternal uncles岳 yuè: 岳 yue4: high mountain; highest peak of a mountain ridge
- 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
- 非 Fēi: 非 Fei1: abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa非 fēi: 非 fei1: to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- comrades; friends; companions
- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect
- 也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 仲 zhòng: 仲 zhong4: second month of a season; middle; intermediate; second amongst brothers仲 Zhòng: 仲 Zhong4: surname Zhong
- to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once
- to sigh; to exclaim
- really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- to rule a country
- device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely; (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
- political; politics; government
- to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc)
- indoor
- to suspend; to hang; (vehicle) suspension
- 的 dī: 的 di1: a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])的 de: 的 de5: of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs的 dí: 的 di2: really and truly的 dì: 的 di4: (bound form) bull's-eye; target
- 幕 mù: 幕 mu4: curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play)幕 mù: 幕 mu4: curtain; screen
- 时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi
- 当时 dàng shí: 当时 dang4 shi2: immediately; right then当时 dāng shí: 当时 dang1 shi2: then; at that time
- artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort
- to mean; meaning