- surname Cheng; Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BCE) vassal state
- 皋 gāo: 皋 gao1: bank; marsh皋 gāo: 皋 gao1: high riverbank
- 扫 sào: 扫 sao4: (bound form) a (large) broom扫 sǎo: 扫 sao3: to sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of; to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan
- to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
- 委 wěi: 委 wei3: to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc); to accumulate; roundabout; winding; dejected; listless; committee member; council; end; actually; certainly委 Wěi: 委 Wei3: surname Wei委 wēi: 委 wei1: used in 委蛇[wei1 yi2]
- to give oneself wholly to; to put oneself at sb's service; (of a woman) to give one's body to; to marry
- to formally present oneself before a superior (e.g. a ruler, high-ranking official or esteemed figure) for an official meeting; to have an audience with
- place (in numbered sequence); degree on employment scale
- older and younger; seniority
- to sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for; (literary) to feel sorrow; to be grieved
- crab
- cicada
- see 寧陽縣|宁阳县[Ning2 yang2 Xian4]
- always (previously)
- usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable; to make; to cause; to bring about
- confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze
- to not even take a penny (as a bribe)
- wife of a younger brother
- cooked rice; CL:碗[wan3]; meal; CL:頓|顿[dun4]; (loanword) fan; devotee
- silent; to write from memory
- 席 Xí: 席 Xi2: surname Xi席 xí: 席 xi2: woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc
- to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw
- 饮水 yǐn shǔi: 饮水 yin3 shui3: to drink water; drinking water饮水 yìn shǔi: 饮水 yin4 shui3: to give water (to animals)
- 芥 gài: 芥 gai4: see 芥藍|芥蓝[gai4 lan2]芥 jiè: 芥 jie4: mustard
- tiny; fine; minute
- younger brother's wife; sister-in-law
- unable to get anything to eat; to miss a meal
- any; whatever; whichever
- quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3]
- seat (at banquet); by ext. guest of honor
- to go out; to go away (on a trip etc)
- meritorious service; distinguished contribution; achievement of great merit
- to see each other; to meet in person
- gifts to superiors
- dried poultry
- to eat till full; satisfied
- my meager gift (humble)
- 吐 tǔ: 吐 tu3: to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances)吐 tù: 吐 tu4: to vomit; to throw up
- thick soup
- 焦 Jiāo: 焦 Jiao1: surname Jiao焦 jiāo: 焦 jiao1: burnt; scorched; charred; worried; anxious; coke; joule (abbr. for 焦耳[jiao1 er3])
- hungry; to starve (sb)