- empress dowager
- funeral
- children; sons and daughters
- in mourning
- grave; tomb; mausoleum
- to build one's house
- headrest
- to lie; to crouch
- straw mattress
- to grieve; to mourn; deep sorrow; grief
- June; sixth month (of the lunar year)
- posthumous edict (of former emperor)
- crimson
- 纤 qiàn: 纤 qian4: boatman's tow-rope纤 xiān: 纤 xian1: fine; delicate; minute
- great merit; great service
- mourning garment
- sacrifice at the end of mourning
- to add up (numbers); (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills)
- to hear (a case)
- judgment (by a court of law); to pass judgment on; to sentence
- case; instance; CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3]
- to understand profoundly; well-versed; skillful; practiced; to have the knack
- from childhood; from a young age
- to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent
- to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors)
- to enlist; to draft; to conscript; to appoint to an official position
- 布袋 bù dài: 布袋 bu4 dai4: pouch; sack; bag布袋 Bù dài: 布袋 Bu4 dai4: Budai (the Laughing Buddha); Budai or Putai Town in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
- to reside; to dwell; to live in a place; resident in
- to betray; to rebel; to revolt
- a general or admiral
- leopard; panther
- black horse with white mane; fearful
- 室 shì: 室 shi4: room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy室 Shì: 室 Shi4: surname Shi
- palace
- to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy