- 年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- important general; generalissimo
- lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4]
- to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero-
- Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu
- see 霍山縣|霍山县[Huo4 shan1 Xian4]
- to plot a rebellion; to conspire against the state
- 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 put (a criminal) to death; to punish
- this place; here (literary)
- 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
- source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion); origin; where sth comes from
- not in detail; not quite clear
- (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
- to record; record (written account); note-taker; record (in sports etc); CL:個|个[ge4]
- to meet a contingency; to adapt oneself to changes
- to revise; to amend; to rectify
- Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals, ideological tract by Han dynasty political philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒[Dong3 Zhong4 shu1]
- humane; kernel
- and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
- (literary) wise; wisdom
- King Zhuang of Chu (reigned 613-591 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
- disaster; calamity
- son born of a concubine; disaster; sin; evil
- (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
- prayer; pray; supplication
- mountains and rivers; landscape
- 予 yú: 予 yu2: (archaic) I; me予 yǔ: 予 yu3: (literary) to give
- 耶 ye: 耶 ye5: final particle indicating enthusiasm etc耶 yé: 耶 ye2: interrogative particle (classical)耶 yē: 耶 ye1: (phonetic ye)
- 吾 Wú: 吾 Wu2: surname Wu吾 wú: 吾 wu2: (old) I; my
- guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
- to arrive; most; to; until
- lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic; to hold forth to one's heart's content
- Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
- 微 Wēi: 微 Wei1: surname Wei; ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing; Taiwan pr. [Wei2]微 wēi: 微 wei1: tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. [wei2]
- family influential for generations; aristocratic family
- lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 Bu4 wei2]
- 制 zhì: 制 zhi4: system; to control; to regulate制 zhì: 制 zhi4: to manufacture; to make
- 乐 Lè: 乐 Le4: surname Le乐 yuè: 乐 yue4: music乐 lè: 乐 le4: happy; cheerful; to laugh乐 lào: 乐 lao4: used in place names乐 Yuè: 乐 Yue4: surname Yue
- period; phase; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over
- to inquire
- 韦 Wéi: 韦 Wei2: surname Wei韦 wéi: 韦 wei2: soft leather