- to fall; to drop; to decline; to deteriorate; to go downhill
- to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
- to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
- to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- there is not much left
- anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious
- more (than sth else); even more
- to puzzle; to confuse; to baffle
- for the time being; tentatively
- a list; to list; to enumerate
- you (plural)
- to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- (idiom) to organize by categories; to classify
- treatise; discourse; exposition
- altogether; in sum; in all; in total
- to call it...; known as...
- to unblock; to dredge; to clear the way; to get things flowing; to facilitate; to mediate; to lobby; to explicate (a text)
- error; mistaken idea; falsehood
- affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
- to patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks
- another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]; Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls
- (history) to have an audience with the Emperor
- 百 Bǎi: 百 Bai3: surname Bai百 bǎi: 百 bai3: hundred; numerous; all kinds of
- life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- great master; master
- Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety)
- (idiom) to reform habits and customs
- to be good at; to be adept at
- two-character surname Baili
- a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance
- a household; door; family
- (literary) the people; living thing; creature
- humanity; human race; mankind
- quotation; citation
- to go out somewhere (relatively short trip); to set off on a journey (longer trip)
- to inspect; an investigation
- country; state
- another name; alternative name
- old people; the elderly
- imperial tutor
- Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)
- 曾 Zēng: 曾 Zeng1: surname Zeng曾 céng: 曾 ceng2: once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)曾 zēng: 曾 zeng1: great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)