- 年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- to plot; to scheme; to bring about; to engineer; planning; producer; planner
- to implement; to carry out
- 了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- to fall; to sink; (fig.) to degenerate
- 都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis
- politics; political
- military operation
- to hope; a hope; a wish
- to be capable of; to be able to; can
- to cut down; to reduce; to lower
- strength
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure; to fall at the last hurdle; snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that
- to pay no attention to; to disregard; to ignore; to let go unpunished; to let off
- (historical) affairs of state at the imperial court
- to trust; to have confidence in
- final; ultimate
- to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
- to be compelled; to be forced
- to depart; to leave
- Lu, vassal state at the time of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝|周朝[Zhou1 chao2], located in the southwest of present-day Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1], birthplace of Confucius
- The Analects of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
- 微 Wēi: 微 Wei1: surname Wei; ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing; Taiwan pr. [Wei2]微 wēi: 微 wei1: tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. [wei2]
- 子 zǐ: 子 zi3: son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-子 zi: 子 zi5: noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
- Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius; book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
- to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- to write down; to record; written account
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 卫国 Wèi gúo: 卫国 Wei4 guo2: state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhou卫国 wèi gúo: 卫国 wei4 guo2: to defend one's country
- to appoint; to assign
- to remove; to eliminate; to delete
- 车 jū: 车 ju1: war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)车 Chē: 车 Che1: surname Che车 chē: 车 che1: car; vehicle; CL:輛|辆[liang4]; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159
- idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states); two-character surname Sima
- Japanese brown bear
- 欲 yù: 欲 yu4: desire; appetite; passion; lust; greed欲 yù: 欲 yu4: to wish for; to desire
- to injure
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 适 kùo: 适 kuo4: see 李适[Li3 Kuo4]适 Shì: 适 Shi4: surname Shi适 shì: 适 shi4: to fit; suitable; proper; just (now); comfortable; well; to go; to follow or pursue
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- fast; rapid; quick; velocity
- nature; disposition; innate; natural
- 予 yǔ: 予 yu3: (literary) to give予 yú: 予 yu2: (archaic) I; me
- to humiliate; to shame; humiliation; indignity
- to bully and humiliate