- essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- 尤 Yóu: 尤 You2: surname You尤 yóu: 尤 you2: outstanding; particularly, especially; a fault; to express discontentment against
- historian
- 宜 yí: 宜 yi2: proper; should; suitable; appropriate宜 Yí: 宜 Yi2: surname Yi
- 楚 chǔ: 楚 chu3: distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)楚 Chǔ: 楚 Chu3: surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)
- 庄 zhuāng: 庄 zhuang1: farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)庄 Zhuāng: 庄 Zhuang1: surname Zhuang
- not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing
- I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
- to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
- time and again; repeatedly; frequently
- to arrive; to reach (esp. perfection); utmost; (used in commercials)
- this; these
- to come to understand; to realize; consciousness; awareness; Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda)
- country; nation; state
- to fear
- scribe; court recorder; historian; historiographer
- to be arrested by fear; restraint; scruple
- extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
- words; speech; to say; to talk
- -ism; only
- Your Majesty; His or Her Majesty
- (lit. and fig.) deep
- to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
- 圣 kū: 圣 ku1: (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)圣 shèng: 圣 sheng4: (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- to think; to consider
- to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment
- books (in a library or bookstore); CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]
- 文 Wén: 文 Wen2: surname Wen文 wén: 文 wen2: language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67
- bronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror; sth that serves as a warning or a lesson; to examine; to scrutinize
- to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)
- call in (one's subordinates); summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview
- 方正 fāng zhèng: 方正 fang1 zheng4: clear and square; neat; square (person)方正 Fāng zhèng: 方正 Fang1 zheng4: see 方正縣|方正县[Fang1 zheng4 Xian4]
- 靡 mí: 靡 mi2: to waste (money)靡 mǐ: 靡 mi3: extravagant; go with fashion; not
- to avoid mentioning; taboo word; name of deceased emperor or superior
- 亲 qīn: 亲 qin1: parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear亲 qìng: 亲 qing4: parents-in-law of one's offspring
- worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
- 纳 nà: 纳 na4: to receive; to accept; to enjoy; to bring into; to pay (tax etc); nano- (one billionth); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing纳 Nà: 纳 Na4: surname Na
- loyal; devoted; faithful
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- as if; (just) like; just as; still; yet
- influence; effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb; CL:股[gu3]
- surname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4]
- 景 jǐng: 景 jing3: (bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight景 Jǐng: 景 Jing3: surname Jing
- publicly owned; communal; held in common