- to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc)
- 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
- many; a lot of; much
- antiquity; ancient times
- 祭 Zhài: 祭 Zhai4: surname Zhai祭 jì: 祭 ji4: to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (sth magic); (bound form) ceremony; (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival
- 法 Fǎ: 法 Fa3: France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]法 fǎ: 法 fa3: law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])法 fǎ: 法 fa3: law
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- to see
- the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
- completely; totally; total; entire; overall; population (statistics)
- style; manner; ethos
- final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- on the one hand
- although; even though
- Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚[Chu3], collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2]
- 少 shào: 少 shao4: young少 shǎo: 少 shao3: few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
- name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- similar; analogous
- 从 cóng: 从 cong2: from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor从 Cóng: 从 Cong2: surname Cong
- content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- 看 kān: 看 kan1: to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard看 kàn: 看 kan4: to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- identical; same
- this place; here (literary)
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- Wenchang City, Hainan
- star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount
- to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate
- master; host; owner; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 间 jiān: 间 jian1: between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms间 jiàn: 间 jian4: gap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent
- 寿 shòu: 寿 shou4: long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary寿 Shòu: 寿 Shou4: surname Shou
- (bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yao3]); (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant
- to give birth to; to bear; fertility
- near; close to; approximately
- real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely
- 远 yuǎn: 远 yuan3: far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)远 yuàn: 远 yuan4: to distance oneself from (classical)
- 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
- the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
- 地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- mountains and rivers; landscape
- 岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: years old岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
- everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
- 春秋 Chūn qīu: 春秋 Chun1 qiu1: Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)春秋 chūn qīu: 春秋 chun1 qiu1: spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)
- Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature; Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject; Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government; Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC