- to pour; to deliberate
- (literary) my deceased grandfather; (literary) ancestors
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)
- to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule
- 承 chéng: 承 cheng2: to bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive承 Chéng: 承 Cheng2: surname Cheng; Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards
- English-Chinese
- luxuriant; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene
- and; to reach; up to; in time for
- (botany) rhizome
- (bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely
- classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]
- to annotate; to add a comment; explanatory note; annotation
- 语 yǔ: 语 yu3: dialect; language; speech语 yù: 语 yu4: (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
- 见 xiàn: 见 xian4: to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]见 jiàn: 见 jian4: to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
- another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- 豫 yù: 豫 yu4: happy; carefree; at one's ease豫 Yù: 豫 Yu4: short name for Henan 河南[He2 nan2]
- divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- grand; prosperous; ceremonious; solemn
- 地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- to offer as tribute
- 祭 jì: 祭 ji4: to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (sth magic); (bound form) ceremony; (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival祭 Zhài: 祭 Zhai4: surname Zhai
- here
- to make a general reference; to be used in a general sense
- ancestor; forefather; sb's late father
- Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
- ode; eulogy; to praise in writing; to wish (in letters)
- to execute (a plan); to grasp
- to compete; to contend; to struggle
- 盛 shèng: 盛 sheng4: flourishing; vigorous; magnificent; extensively盛 chéng: 盛 cheng2: to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil盛 Shèng: 盛 Sheng4: surname Sheng
- many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- numerous
- 尚书 Shàng shū: 尚书 Shang4 shu1: same as 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of History尚书 shàng shū: 尚书 shang4 shu1: high official; government minister
- 益 Yì: 益 Yi4: surname Yi益 yì: 益 yi4: benefit; profit; advantage; beneficial; to increase; to add; all the more
- millet; God of cereals worshiped by ancient rulers; minister of agriculture
- to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- stable; calm; settled; to stabilize; Valium; diazepam
- 通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
- 安 ān: 安 An1: surname An安 ān: 安 an1: (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1 yu2]); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1 pei2])
- life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])
- opportunity to live; hope of success; vigor; vitality
- legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...