- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- inside; inner; internal; within; interior
- (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
- outside; in addition; foreign; external
- 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]
- 比 bǐ: 比 bi3: to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)比 Bǐ: 比 Bi3: Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- slow
- 散 sàn: 散 san4: to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack散 sǎn: 散 san3: scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine
- to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade
- to accuse falsely
- (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital); (of river boats) to go against the current; to submit (a document) to higher authorities
- personal; private; selfish
- cannot; should not; must not
- to stop; to prohibit; until; only
- uninspired; dejected; discouraged
- not stick to; not confine oneself to; whatever
- etiquette; ceremonial rites
- to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
- profligate; extravagantly showy; (of music) lascivious; decadent
- 古 Gǔ: 古 Gu3: surname Gu古 gǔ: 古 gu3: ancient; old; paleo-
- (bound form) water's edge; bank; shore; (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc)
- 春秋 chūn qīu: 春秋 chun1 qiu1: spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)春秋 Chūn qīu: 春秋 Chun1 qiu1: Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
- 时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- wasteful; extravagant
- world-famous
- male-female; male and female
- also
- more than; greater than
- this place; here (literary)
- (usually of lovers) to rendezvous in secret
- 后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- in order to; so as to
- to refer to; to be used in place of
- promiscuous
- social custom; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
- to indulge; to pamper; to connive at; permissive; indulgent; self-indulgent; unrestrained; undisciplined; uncultured; boorish
- to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)
- to clog up; blockage
- 家 jiā: 家 jia1: used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]家 jiā: 家 jia1: home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou; Korean a'ak; Japanese gagaku
- from age to age
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely