- to introduce; to lie between; between; shell; armor
- root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry)
- see 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
- see 膠州市|胶州市[Jiao1 zhou1 Shi4]
- southwest
- (bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote
- Ju County or Juxian, a county in Rizhao City 日照市[Ri4 zhao4 Shi4], Shandong
- to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
- to take refuge; to seek asylum
- to go into exile; to be in exile
- monarch
- to peep; to peek; to steal a glance
- extremely
- rude; rudely
- 赵 Zhào: 赵 Zhao4: surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms赵 zhào: 赵 zhao4: to surpass (old)
- (bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
- to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards
- after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 姬 Jī: 姬 Ji1: surname Ji; family name of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty 周代[Zhou1 dai4] (1046–256 BC)姬 jī: 姬 ji1: woman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)
- 封 Fēng: 封 Feng1: surname Feng封 fēng: 封 feng1: to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
- monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
- King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬發|姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC
- younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
- uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2]
- to shake; to flap; to vibrate; to resonate; to rise up with spirit; to rouse oneself
- 铎 Dúo: 铎 Duo2: surname Duo铎 dúo: 铎 duo2: large ancient bell
- 陶 Táo: 陶 Tao2: surname Tao陶 táo: 陶 tao2: pottery; pleased
- see 定陶區|定陶区[Ding4 tao2 Qu1]
- King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
- heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- to fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
- surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in southern China at different historical periods
- to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated
- to escape; to run away; to flee
- almost; nearly; practically
- (of a nation) to be destroyed; to be subjugated; a fallen nation
- lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 jian4], in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom); fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
- to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
- to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- to eliminate