- ministerial title in imperial China (in the Qin and Han dynasties, the minister responsible for the imperial stables)
- the nine top officials (in imperial China)
- one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)
- to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
- 和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]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 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
- to raise animals
- 同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned
- official post
- official rank
- field; farm; farming area; village
- to extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc); derivation
- among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments
- field drains
- gutter; sewer
- idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- 没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- 多少 dūo shǎo: 多少 duo1 shao3: number; amount; somewhat多少 dūo shao: 多少 duo1 shao5: how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
- (concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- norm; standard; criterion
- pride; arrogance; conceited; proud of sth
- arrogant; haughty
- 下面 xià miàn: 下面 xia4 mian4: below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xia4 mian5]下面 xià miàn: 下面 xia4 mian4: to boil noodles
- to infringe on; to encroach on; to violate; to assault
- on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shang4 mian5]
- (bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
- 废 fèi: 废 fei4: to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste废 fèi: 废 fei4: disabled
- to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for
- to fall into disuse (of laws, customs etc); to neglect
- middleman and guarantor
- to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching
- among; in; included among these
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- what are you doing?; what's he up to?
- 呢 ní: 呢 ni2: dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)呢 ne: 呢 ne5: (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
- 吧 biā: 吧 bia1: (onom.) smack!吧 bā: 吧 ba1: bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]吧 ba: 吧 ba5: (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.
- Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- 卫国 wèi gúo: 卫国 wei4 guo2: to defend one's country卫国 Wèi gúo: 卫国 Wei4 guo2: state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhou
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- politics; political
- talent; ability; capacity
- to include on a list
- inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or