- 载 zǎi: 载 zai3: to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; year载 zài: 载 zai4: to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously
- the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2] and Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]
- biographic sketch of an emperor
- justice; righteousness; just; righteous
- 鱼 Yú: 鱼 Yu2: surname Yu鱼 yú: 鱼 yu2: fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2])
- to act as regent
- brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- beast; animal; beastly; bestial
- 语 yǔ: 语 yu3: dialect; language; speech语 yù: 语 yu4: (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
- 食 shí: 食 shi2: to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse食 sì: 食 si4: to feed (a person or animal)
- 沙 shà: 沙 sha4: (dialect) to sift; to sieve沙 shā: 沙 sha1: granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; CL:粒[li4]; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia沙 Shā: 沙 Sha1: surname Sha
- 立 lì: 立 li4: to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately立 Lì: 立 Li4: surname Li
- soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- weaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield; to rely on; to depend on; war; battle
- 刀 dāo: 刀 dao1: knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)刀 Dāo: 刀 Dao1: surname Dao
- halberd; long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade; combined spear and battle-ax
- crossbow
- to kill; to murder
- tyrannical; brutal (regime)
- compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
- humane; kernel
- all the people
- 欲 yù: 欲 yu4: desire; appetite; passion; lust; greed欲 yù: 欲 yu4: to wish for; to desire
- 令 lìng: 令 ling4: to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem令 lǐng: 令 ling3: classifier for a ream of paper令 líng: 令 ling2: used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
- 行 háng: 行 hang2: (bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines行 héng: 行 heng2: used in 道行[dao4 heng2]行 xíng: 行 xing2: (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon
- the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
- 仁义 rén yi: 仁义 ren2 yi5: affable and even-tempered仁义 rén yì: 仁义 ren2 yi4: benevolence and righteousness
- to prohibit; to forbid; to ban
- to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
- to face upwards; to look up to the sky
- to sigh; to exclaim
- (bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
- female; woman; daughter
- down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- (bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
- 符 Fú: 符 Fu2: surname Fu符 fú: 符 fu2: mark; sign; talisman; to seal; to correspond to; tally; symbol; written charm; to coincide
- to overpower; to overwhelm; to subdue; to check; to control
- cause; reason; because
- 制 zhì: 制 zhi4: system; to control; to regulate制 zhì: 制 zhi4: to manufacture; to make
- the eight points of the compass; all directions
- 没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule