- to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge
- corpse; skeleton
- consulate
- bone ash; cremation ashes; cremains
- hat and clothes; attire
- bones; skeleton
- lit. to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); fig. to return home after making good; Taiwan pr. [yi4 jin3 huan2 xiang1]
- person living or traveling far from home
- to rebuild; to reconstruct; to regenerate; (in set phrases like 恩同再造[en1 tong2 zai4 zao4]) to save sb's life
- meritorious official; person who renders exceptional service; hero; (fig.) sth that plays a vital role
- quiet
- to secure a position; to take an official appointment
- upright and honest; integrity
- lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands; uncorrupted; unsoiled by corrupt practices
- to save; to put aside; savings
- to appear personally; to step in; to step forth; to show up
- surviving family of the deceased
- to raise; to collect
- people's livelihood; people's welfare
- to take over (as minister, manager etc)
- each month
- (literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary
- to give material assistance to
- home-use; domestic; family expenses; housekeeping money
- 池 Chí: 池 Chi2: surname Chi池 chí: 池 chi2: pond; reservoir; moat
- to hold memorial service; to hold a funeral
- a visitor offering condolences
- then and now; ancient and modern
- to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up
- spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair
- two (banker's anti-fraud numeral); to betray
- notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old); a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties
- Broussonetia kasinoki
- short, simple literary or artistic creation; essay; skit
- (bound form) chrysanthemum