- (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- baffle (pier); whetstone
- 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行 héng: 行 heng2: used in 道行[dao4 heng2]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
- to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
- although; even though
- 更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more
- 制 zhì: 制 zhi4: system; to control; to regulate制 zhì: 制 zhi4: to manufacture; to make
- not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- masterpiece
- cause; reason; because
- where; how
- to speak; to say
- widower
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 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
- Yu Shun, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4]
- all
- 伯 bǎi: 伯 bai3: one hundred (old)伯 bó: 伯 bo2: father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- 平 Píng: 平 Ping2: surname Ping平 píng: 平 ping2: flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
- water and soil; surface water; natural environment (extended meaning); climate
- (literary) to push up one's sleeves; (literary) to reject; to resist; (literary) to seize; to steal; (literary) to perturb; Taiwan pr. [rang2]
- 昌 Chāng: 昌 Chang1: surname Chang昌 chāng: 昌 chang1: (bound form) prosperous; flourishing
- his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- to get rid of; to weed out; to reject
- errant
- to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
- used in 亳州[Bo2 zhou1] (the name of a place in Anhui)
- 商 Shāng: 商 Shang1: Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang商 shāng: 商 shang1: commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)
- accomplishment; success; achievement; CL:個|个[ge4]; to achieve (a result); to create; to bring about
- the Way of the King; statecraft; benevolent rule; virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
- ablaze (fire); intense (anger, desire etc); prosperous; booming
- 文 wén: 文 wen2: language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67文 Wén: 文 Wen2: surname Wen
- 所长 sǔo zhǎng: 所长 suo3 zhang3: director; head of an institute, office or station所长 sǔo cháng: 所长 suo3 chang2: what one is good at; one's strong point
- 夫 fú: 夫 fu2: (classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)夫 fū: 夫 fu1: husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)
- without authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself; to monopolize; expert in; to be good at
- 能 Néng: 能 Neng2: surname Neng能 néng: 能 neng2: can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- to cut; to cut apart
- to take the life of a living creature
- power; might; prestige
- to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- animal hide; leather; to reform; to remove; to expel (from office)
- 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]
- to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经
- to resign; to dismiss; to decline; (literary) to take leave; (archaic poetic genre) ballad