- 切 qiē: 切 qie1: to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangential切 qiè: 切 qie4: definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)
- carefully; to kick; to tread on; to stamp
- 坐 Zùo: 坐 Zuo4: surname Zuo坐 zùo: 坐 zuo4: to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
- 谢 Xiè: 谢 Xie4: surname Xie谢 xiè: 谢 xie4: to thank; (bound form) to apologize; (bound form) to decline; to refuse; (bound form) (of flowers, leaves etc) to wither
- to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc)
- self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
- -ism; only
- 颜 Yán: 颜 Yan2: surname Yan颜 yán: 颜 yan2: color; face; countenance
- (bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble; learned; well-read; (bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士[bo2 shi4]); (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客[bo2 ke4])
- classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]
- 雍 Yōng: 雍 Yong1: surname Yong雍 yōng: 雍 yong1: harmony
- see 武城縣|武城县[Wu3 cheng2 Xian4]
- to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
- 子 zi: 子 zi5: noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"子 zǐ: 子 zi3: son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- female; woman; daughter
- where; how
- thus; so; like that; you; thou
- (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- lit. never taking a short-cut (idiom); fig. upright and honest
- family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
- name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
- 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]
- courtesy name for Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- disciple; follower
- historical biography
- 将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- to be classified as
- Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- student; schoolchild
- statute; constitution
- Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius; book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
- with all of one's heart
- Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
- bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly
- public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- 年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- impoverished; poverty
- Kong Yingda (574-648), Confucian scholar
- justice; righteousness; just; righteous
- overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
- heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- unofficial; informal
- situation; occasion; context; setting; location; venue
- 安闲 ān xián: 安闲 an1 xian2: at one's ease; carefree安闲 ān xián: 安闲 an1 xian2: peaceful and carefree; leisurely
- ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime