- A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆[Liu2 Yi4 qing4]
- to confuse; to be puzzled
- to drown; to indulge; addicted to; to spoil (a child)
- 荀 Xún: 荀 Xun2: surname Xun荀 xún: 荀 xun2: (archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts; name of a state that existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shanxi
- to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)
- pretty; winsome; to ask for sb's help; son-in-law (old)
- woman
- (bound form) sincere; genuine; (bound form) (of an illness) serious
- eleventh lunar month
- courtyard
- to help oneself to (food); to invite (trouble); to court (disaster)
- 冷 Lěng: 冷 Leng3: surname Leng冷 lěng: 冷 leng3: cold
- 还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return
- 以 Yǐ: 以 Yi3: abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]以 yǐ: 以 yi3: to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- 熨 yùn: 熨 yun4: an iron; to iron熨 yù: 熨 yu4: reconciled; smooth
- what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- to lighten; to ease; to alleviate
- to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
- in private
- deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
- 众 Zhòng: 众 Zhong4: abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives众 zhòng: 众 zhong4: (bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous
- to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
- see 南昌市[Nan2 chang1 Shi4]; see 南昌縣|南昌县[Nan2 chang1 Xian4]
- see 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]
- 舒 shū: 舒 shu1: to stretch; to unfold; to relax; leisurely舒 Shū: 舒 Shu1: surname Shu
- see 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3]
- translated text
- to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom
- authorities; feudal official
- to enlist; to draft; to conscript; to appoint to an official position
- to travel to take up a new post
- en route
- 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 pass; to go through; process; course; CL:個|个[ge4]
- friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- county magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
- to refuse; to decline; to reject
- to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
- (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- to be ill; to be in poor health
- to depart; to leave
- state of an illness; patient's condition