- 曲 qū: 曲 qu1: bent; crooked; wrong曲 Qū: 曲 Qu1: surname Qu曲 qǔ: 曲 qu3: tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]曲 qū: 曲 qu1: fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere
- quotation; citation
- 见 xiàn: 见 xian4: to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]见 jiàn: 见 jian4: to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
- character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 稍 shāo: 稍 shao1: somewhat; a little稍 shào: 稍 shao4: used in 稍息[shao4 xi1]
- difference; discrepancy
- regent; monarch
- dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
- to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- (bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- temple; ancestral shrine
- (bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
- to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
- 古 Gǔ: 古 Gu3: surname Gu古 gǔ: 古 gu3: ancient; old; paleo-
- Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January
- Xiazhi or Summer Solstice, 10th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st June-6th July
- 韦 wéi: 韦 wei2: soft leather韦 Wéi: 韦 Wei2: surname Wei
- 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
- the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2] and Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]
- to repay; to requite
- deities; gods
- achievements and virtue
- beautiful; fine
- (bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- 云 yún: 云 yun2: (classical) to say云 yún: 云 yun2: cloud; CL:朵[duo3]云 Yún: 云 Yun2: surname Yun; short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2]
- 废 fèi: 废 fei4: to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste废 fèi: 废 fei4: disabled
- to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed
- to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment
- only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- qualifications; seniority
- feudal fiefdom; land held as a vassal in feudal society; enfeoffment
- inside; inner; internal; within; interior
- famous mountains and great rivers
- Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- 鲁 Lǔ: 鲁 Lu3: surname Lu; Lu, an ancient state of China 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2]; short name for Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1]鲁 lǔ: 鲁 lu3: (bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)
- 大夫 dài fu: 大夫 dai4 fu5: doctor; physician大夫 dà fū: 大夫 da4 fu1: senior official (in imperial China)
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit