- to know; to be aware
- friendship; friendly relations
- 贵 Gùi: 贵 Gui4: short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]贵 gùi: 贵 gui4: expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank; (prefix) (honorific) your
- inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my
- (since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial
- to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry
- where; how
- 非 Fēi: 非 Fei1: abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa非 fēi: 非 fei1: to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1]
- to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor
- (literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order; orderliness; (literary) decade
- to step across; to stride over; to straddle; to span
- 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
- 斯 sī: 斯 si1: (phonetic); this斯 Sī: 斯 Si1: Slovakia; Slovak; abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4]
- see 安國市|安国市[An1 guo2 Shi4]
- do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget
- 合 hé: 合 he2: to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale合 gě: 合 ge3: 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗
- 礼 lǐ: 礼 li3: gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy礼 Lǐ: 礼 Li3: surname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites
- Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴
- cause; reason; because
- power; might; prestige
- 归 Gūi: 归 Gui1: surname Gui归 gūi: 归 gui1: to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
- 义 yì: 义 yi4: justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship义 Yì: 义 Yi4: surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- 宣 xuān: 宣 xuan1: to declare (publicly); to announce宣 Xuān: 宣 Xuan1: surname Xuan
- Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
- (literary) and; as well as; (literary) up to; as far as (as in 暨今[ji4 jin1] "up to now")
- 降 jiàng: 降 jiang4: to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend降 xiáng: 降 xiang2: to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame
- to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule
- 唯 wěi: 唯 wei3: yes唯 wéi: 唯 wei2: only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)
- 虞 Yú: 虞 Yu2: surname Yu虞 yú: 虞 yu2: (literary) to expect; to anticipate; (literary) to be concerned about; to be apprehensive; (literary) to deceive; to dupe
- high ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old); (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old); honorific (old)
- 逼 bī: 逼 bi1: to compel; to pressure逼 bī: 逼 bi1: to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on
- 强 qiǎng: 强 qiang3: to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort强 jiàng: 强 jiang4: stubborn; unyielding强 Qiáng: 强 Qiang2: surname Qiang强 qiáng: 强 qiang2: strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]
- (idiom) (originally, in Mencius) to cultivate one's moral character in solitude; (modern sense) to look after only one's own interests
- (literary) to inherit
- to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach
- to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule
- 昆 kūn: 昆 kun1: used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2]; (also used for transliteration)昆 kūn: 昆 kun1: descendant; elder brother; a style of Chinese poetry
- 昔 Xī: 昔 Xi1: surname Xi昔 xī: 昔 xi1: former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- 夏 xià: 夏 xia4: summer夏 Xià: 夏 Xia4: the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432); surname Xia
- heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- to fight; fight; war; battle
- to fear