- good fortune; official salary
- secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret
- to enter; to join; to go into
- the state of Qin, one of the seven states of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
- to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash)
- strategy; tactics; crafty; adroit
- to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
- royalty; royal power
- to depose (a king)
- 冉 rǎn: 冉 ran3: edge of a tortoiseshell; used in 冉冉[ran3 ran3]冉 Rǎn: 冉 Ran3: surname Ran
- 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)
- 应 yìng: 应 ying4: to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with应 Yīng: 应 Ying1: surname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]应 yīng: 应 ying1: to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall
- 侯 hòu: 侯 hou4: used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)侯 Hóu: 侯 Hou2: surname Hou侯 hóu: 侯 hou2: marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman; high official
- declaration; manifesto
- to take revenge; to avenge
- 要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce
- to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- to find out; to learn of
- to escape; to run away; to flee
- to arrive; most; to; until
- a place famous for its scenery or historical relics; scenic spot; CL:處|处[chu4]
- younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
- 山 shān: 山 shan1: mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on山 Shān: 山 Shan1: surname Shan
- 西北 Xī běi: 西北 Xi1 bei3: Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)西北 xī běi: 西北 xi1 bei3: northwest
- respect for the wise
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- diner (in a restaurant etc); hanger-on; sponger
- Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- joint name; combined name
- four; 4
- Xunzi, (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher; the Xunzi, a collection of philosophical writings attributed to Xunzi
- 杨 Yáng: 杨 Yang2: surname Yang杨 yáng: 杨 yang2: poplar
- 倞 liàng: 倞 liang4: distant; to seek; bright倞 jìng: 倞 jing4: strong; powerful
- 注 zhù: 注 zhu4: (bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject; (bound form) to focus (one's spirit, gaze etc) on a single point; to concentrate; (bound form) stake (in gambling); classifier for stakes, sums of money, transactions or beams of light注 zhù: 注 zhu4: to annotate; to provide explanatory notes on a written text; an annotation; an explanatory note; (bound form) to put on record; to register
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
- strategically situated and easy to defend; strategic location
- to be widely known as
- 世 shì: 世 shi4: life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble世 Shì: 世 Shi4: surname Shi
- to slink; to move stealthily; to advance through the water
- name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- 无 mó: 无 mo2: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]无 wú: 无 wu2: not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less