- Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1]
- Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖|书圣
- (literary) wise; wisdom
- Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
- to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
- to possess; to have; equipped with; able to fulfill (conditions or requirements)
- unromantic; insensitive
- to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- to decipher; to decode; to interpret
- 外传 wài zhuàn: 外传 wai4 zhuan4: unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)外传 wài chuán: 外传 wai4 chuan2: to tell others (a secret); to divulge to an outsider; to be rumored
- letter
- hard to solve; hard to dispel; hard to understand; hard to undo
- to understand; to pay attention to; to take notice of
- the other person; the other side; the other party
- to disassociate; to drift away; to leave (a collective); free (component)
- lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath; incomparable
- paternal grandparents
- lit. tangled skein; in a tremendous muddle; confused
- responsibility; duty; liability
- (idiom) to live together in harmony
- 调 diào: 调 diao4: to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody调 tiáo: 调 tiao2: to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite
- implicit; restrained; to be imbued with
- a regret; sth regrettable
- to lose (sth); to drop (sth); to feel a sense of loss; frustrated; disappointment; loss
- one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
- inwardly; to oneself; secretly
- nowhere
- often; constantly
- to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave); to linger on
- wild; unrestrained
- external; outside; outward appearance
- lonely; solitary
- subconscious mind
- to strike; to hit; to ram
- (physics) to resonate; resonance; sympathetic response
- attitude (of the heart); state of one's psyche; way of thinking; mentality
- provisional government
- twists and turns; vicissitude; complication; difficulty; effort; CL:番[fan1]
- fortunately (formal writing)
- to be more scared than hurt (idiom); to get through a daunting experience without mishap