- turmoil; upheaval; unrest
- incident; unforeseen event; events (in general)
- despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
- royal family; royal household
- bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
- division of China during earliest dynasties; fig. ancient China; Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
- width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
- to split; to crack; to break open; to rend
- to believe in (a religion); firm belief; conviction
- Confucianism
- tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom); (of a situation) unstable
- regime; political power
- from beginning to end; all along
- devoted; loyal; fidelity; loyalty
- to be deeply concerned; to be troubled (by)
- in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary
- 靡 mí: 靡 mi2: to waste (money)靡 mǐ: 靡 mi3: extravagant; go with fashion; not
- very little; hardly any
- 同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested
- 更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more
- to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant
- 精神 jīng shén: 精神 jing1 shen2: spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist; CL:個|个[ge4]精神 jīng shen: 精神 jing1 shen5: vigor; vitality; spirited; good-looking
- abyss; depths; deepest or most distant part
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including
- outside; in addition; foreign; external
- etiquette; ceremony
- 故事 gù shi: 故事 gu4 shi5: narrative; story; tale故事 gù shì: 故事 gu4 shi4: old practice
- to gather up; to collect; to edit; to compile
- 叙 Xù: 叙 Xu4: abbr. for Syria 敘利亞|叙利亚[Xu4 li4 ya4]叙 xù: 叙 xu4: to narrate; to chat
- 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)
- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
- these
- 都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis
- 当时 dàng shí: 当时 dang4 shi2: immediately; right then当时 dāng shí: 当时 dang1 shi2: then; at that time
- wide; broad; extensive; widespread
- to disseminate; to propagate; to spread
- the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)