- office; duty
- to pass away; to die
- red; scarlet; bare; naked
- thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- to comment on; to discuss; comment; commentary; CL:篇[pian1]
- 说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]
- 商 Shāng: 商 Shang1: Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang商 shāng: 商 shang1: commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)
- 书 Shū: 书 Shu1: abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]书 shū: 书 shu1: book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write
- the Way of the King; statecraft; benevolent rule; virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
- fluttering
- 谓 Wèi: 谓 Wei4: surname Wei谓 wèi: 谓 wei4: to speak; to say; to name; to designate; meaning; sense
- position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
- 华 Huá: 华 Hua2: abbr. for China华 huá: 华 hua2: magnificent; splendid; flowery华 huā: 华 hua1: flower华 Huà: 华 Hua4: Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi; surname Hua
- namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- to flatter
- to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with
- to be partial towards sth; to favor; to prefer; preference; favorite
- to practice favoritism
- to bare one shoulder; (fig.) to side with; to discriminate in favor of
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- direction; trend; to incline
- to realign one's allegiance (to another religion, ruler etc); to submit
- 尚书 Shàng shū: 尚书 Shang4 shu1: same as 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of History尚书 shàng shū: 尚书 shang4 shu1: high official; government minister
- surname Yao; Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝[Wu3 Di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
- canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn
- 明 Míng: 明 Ming2: Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God明 míng: 明 ming2: bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
- 达 Dá: 达 Da2: surname Da达 dá: 达 da2: to attain; to reach; to amount to; to communicate; eminent
- four; 4
- (literary) acute (of hearing); (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
- to mean; meaning
- to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- wide; broad; extensive; widespread
- to understand; to realize; to find out
- all parties (in a dispute etc); all sides; all directions
- idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint; CL:點|点[dian3],條|条[tiao2]
- window; CL:扇[shan4]
- 古 gǔ: 古 gu3: ancient; old; paleo-古 Gǔ: 古 Gu3: surname Gu
- 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 cry loudly
- to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively
- eager; impatient; guileless
- 地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- to gather; to collect; to bring together
- The Analects of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)