- river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]); (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way; (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2 fen3]
- 海 hǎi: 海 hai3: ocean; sea; CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous海 Hǎi: 海 Hai3: surname Hai
- Mt Tai in Shandong; same as 泰山
- 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon; ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
- 司 Sī: 司 Si1: surname Si司 sī: 司 si1: to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
- 师 shī: 师 shi1: teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops师 Shī: 师 Shi1: surname Shi
- 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)
- indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious
- numeral
- (of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show; expression; manifestation
- roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
- amount; number
- ancestral hall; temple to one's forebears
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- to perish; to ruin; to destroy
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- every year; each year; yearly
- one time (all the way through); once through
- generally; in general
- sacrificial offerings; worship; religious rite
- country; nation; state
- additional; annex
- ordinary people; the "person in the street"; CL:個|个[ge4]
- meritorious service; distinguished contribution; achievement of great merit
- achievement; accomplishment; (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results
- and; as well as
- those
- to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
- wise man
- 和 hé: 和 he2: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
- moral character
- because; owing to; on account of
- they; them
- the sky; the heavens
- the people
- to look up at; to look up to sb hopefully
- 木 mù: 木 mu4: (bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden木 Mù: 木 Mu4: surname Mu
- 金 Jīn: 金 Jin1: surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)金 jīn: 金 jin1: gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- 土 tǔ: 土 tu3: earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]土 Tǔ: 土 Tu3: surname Tu; Tu ethnic group
- able to; so that sb can; enabling; in order to; finally in a position to; with sth in view
- to grow; to grow up; to be brought up
- to breed; to reproduce; to propagate
- to rely on; to depend on
- to produce (by natural growth, or by manufacture, mining etc); to yield; to turn out; produce; products
- 不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame
- aforementioned; above-mentioned
- to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to