- along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge
- to gently caress and stroke; to pet; to fondle
- starting point
- senior official
- heterogeneous
- to command; to direct
- what kind?; what sort?
- to besiege
- you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])
- to save the nation from subjugation
- all categories
- distant; remote
- for example; for instance; such as
- chain
- starting point; initial point
- the end; end point; finishing line (in a race); destination; terminus; CL:個|个[ge4]
- beginning; to start
- to come from
- (bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 華裔|华裔[Hua2 yi4] "of Chinese descent"); (literary) distant lands; (literary) fringe; periphery
- to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
- 溃 hùi: 溃 hui4: used in 潰膿|溃脓[hui4 nong2]; Taiwan pr. [kui4]溃 kùi: 溃 kui4: (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike; (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement); (bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces; (bound form) to fester; to ulcerate
- pregnant
- to be infertile; to have no offspring
- to sell, esp. in strained circumstances
- hardworking; industrious; diligent
- continuous; to interpret; to unravel; to draw silk (old)
- (bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- to trust; to have confidence in
- 上官 Shàng guān: 上官 Shang4 guan1: two-character surname Shangguan上官 shàng guān: 上官 shang4 guan1: high-ranking official; superior
- 兰 Lán: 兰 Lan2: surname Lan; abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu兰 lán: 兰 lan2: orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
- to blame; to reprove; to reprimand; to expel; to oust; to reconnoiter; (of territory) to expand; saline marsh
- faithful official
- Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
- On Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原[Qu1 Yuan2] in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3 ci2]
- to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- see 汨羅市|汨罗市[Mi4 luo2 Shi4]; see 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 Jiang1]
- to take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
- to die in a foreign land; to die abroad
- to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc)
- to mow or cut grass; hay; straw; fodder