- to revolve around; to center on (an issue)
- (archaic) title granted to a person; to ban an (online) account
- grand; majestic; magnificent
- ancestor; forefather; sb's late father
- to manufacture; to make
- all kinds of
- public opinion
- original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to
- bachelor; single man
- to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- prosperous
- savage act; outrage; atrocity
- to change into
- see 商都縣|商都县[Shang1 du1 Xian4]
- strategic decision; decision-making; policy decision; to determine policy
- to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly
- to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- authority; power; authoritarianism; authoritarian
- 晋 Jìn: 晋 Jin4: surname Jin; the Jin Dynasties (265–420); Western Jin 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265–316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317–420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936–946); short name for Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1]晋 jìn: 晋 jin4: to move forward; to promote; to advance
- 缪 Miào: 缪 Miao4: surname Miao缪 móu: 缪 mou2: used in 綢繆|绸缪[chou2 mou2]
- 襄 Xiāng: 襄 Xiang1: surname Xiang襄 xiāng: 襄 xiang1: (literary) to assist
- 庄 Zhuāng: 庄 Zhuang1: surname Zhuang庄 zhuāng: 庄 zhuang1: farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)
- to narrate; to recount; narrative
- simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
- to use letters; to use words; diction
- (bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling; (bound form) to imply; to place; to contain (sth abstract)
- to appraise; to pass judgment on; to speak ill of; praise and censure; appraisal
- subtle words with profound meaning (idiom)
- 师 shī: 师 shi1: teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops师 Shī: 师 Shi1: surname Shi
- besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
- Xunzi, (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher; the Xunzi, a collection of philosophical writings attributed to Xunzi
- door; to close; whole
- 庐 Lú: 庐 Lu2: surname Lu; Luzhou or Lu Prefecture 廬州|庐州[Lu2 Zhou1], a prefecture between the 6th and 13th centuries in present-day Anhui; Mount Lu 廬山|庐山[Lu2 Shan1] in Jiangxi Province庐 lú: 庐 lu2: hut
- King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
- the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
- see 太康縣|太康县[Tai4 kang1 Xian4]
- to amuse
- civil case; agricultural affairs; civil
- (bound form) to overstep one's authority
- 差 chà: 差 cha4: different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]差 chāi: 差 chai1: to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post差 cī: 差 ci1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]差 chā: 差 cha1: difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
- 昆 kūn: 昆 kun1: used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2]; (also used for transliteration)昆 kūn: 昆 kun1: descendant; elder brother; a style of Chinese poetry