- to flourish; to thrive
- cautious; careful; solemnly; sincerely (formal)
- 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
- 易 yì: 易 yi4: easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"易 Yì: 易 Yi4: surname Yi; I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1])
- 王 wàng: 王 wang4: (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)王 Wáng: 王 Wang2: surname Wang王 wáng: 王 wang2: king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great
- (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
- to look down; to stoop
- 观 Guàn: 观 Guan4: surname Guan观 guān: 观 guan1: to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; to advise; concept; point of view; outlook观 guàn: 观 guan4: Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform
- deities; gods
- kind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to
- all things; all that exists
- (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
- net used to catch fish (or birds etc); (fig.) the net of justice 法網|法网[fa3 wang3]
- 田 tián: 田 tian2: field; farm; CL:片[pian4]田 Tián: 田 Tian2: surname Tian
- fisherman; to fish
- 没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- 斫 zhúo: 斫 zhuo2: to chop; to hack; to carve wood斫 zhúo: 斫 zhuo2: to chop; to carve wood
- 木 mù: 木 mu4: (bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden木 Mù: 木 Mu4: surname Mu
- plow; plowshare
- to knead; to massage; to rub
- plow
- 致 zhì: 致 zhi4: (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite致 zhì: 致 zhi4: (literary) to send; to transmit; to convey; (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently
- tireless; untiring; indefatigable
- only; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except; unique
- 叙 Xù: 叙 Xu4: abbr. for Syria 敘利亞|叙利亚[Xu4 li4 ya4]叙 xù: 叙 xu4: to narrate; to chat
- to fall short of; not as good as; too late
- meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)
- civilized; civilization; culture; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 见 jiàn: 见 jian4: to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view见 xiàn: 见 xian4: to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
- 斯 Sī: 斯 Si1: Slovakia; Slovak; abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4]斯 sī: 斯 si1: (phonetic); this
- near; close to; approximately
- that level or lower; that amount or less; the following
- author; writer
- course of events; process
- original text
- to abridge; to cut a text down to size for publication
- now; the present time; current; contemporary; this (day, year etc)
- to trace over; to copy (a calligraphy model); facsimile; (fig.) to depict; to portray
- situation; circumstances
- elephant; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; shape; form; appearance; to imitate
- to be used for
- to catch fish; to fish
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- to catch; to capture; to seize
- birds and beasts; fauna