- surname Guo; Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty realm, including Western Guo 西虢國|西虢国[Xi1 Guo2 guo2] and Eastern Guo 東虢國|东虢国[Dong1 Guo2 guo2]
- prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner; (old) northern barbarian; slave
- rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
- jade annulus
- 马 Mǎ: 马 Ma3: surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]马 mǎ: 马 ma3: horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- bribe; bribery
- lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4]
- maid escorting bride to new home; concubine
- to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- 宛 wǎn: 宛 wan3: winding; as if宛 Wǎn: 宛 Wan3: surname Wan
- your humble servant; I
- to execute (a plan); to grasp
- afraid; frightened; to fear
- to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- black ewe
- sheepskin
- prisoner
- affairs of the nation; politics
- 谢 xiè: 谢 xie4: to thank; (bound form) to apologize; (bound form) to decline; to refuse; (bound form) (of flowers, leaves etc) to wither谢 Xiè: 谢 Xie4: surname Xie
- need not
- hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly
- (bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
- the dead; the deceased
- official in feudal court; subject
- (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]); (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven); land; territory; (literary) carriage; (literary) sedan chair; palanquin; (bound form) the multitudes; the people; the public
- 奄 Yǎn: 奄 Yan3: surname Yan奄 yān: 奄 yan1: to castrate; to delay奄 yǎn: 奄 yan3: suddenly; abruptly; hastily; to cover; to surround
- breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan); to cease; to stop; to rest; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- 哀 āi: 哀 ai1: (bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole哀 āi: 哀 Ai1: Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]
- name and reality; how sth is portrayed and what it is actually like
- opposite; contrary
- to admire
- false reputation
- comprehensive; composite; synthesized; mixed; to sum up; to integrate; to synthesize
- strength
- deer
- to capture (enemy property or personnel); capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus)
- to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out
- to lose a war