- (of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud; sprout; bud; (also used figuratively)
- to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
- (great) majority
- to be totally oblivious (to sth); to have no idea about sth
- first wife
- apparatus; rites; appearance; present; ceremony
- only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless
- (coll.) father; dad; CL:位[wei4]
- to allow; to permit
- otherwise; if not; or (else)
- to open one's mouth; to start talking
- to enumerate sb's shortcomings; to criticize; to scold; to talk on and on
- 鞠 Jū: 鞠 Ju1: surname Ju鞠 jū: 鞠 ju1: to incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times; (literary) to bring up; to rear; Taiwan pr. [ju2]
- (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself; personally
- to thank; thanks; thank you
- to correct; to make right
- deep-rooted (problem etc)
- women (in general)
- worthless (idiom); no use whatsoever
- to obey (an order); to comply; to defer
- to live as widow; to observe widowhood
- to follow; following; along
- critical opportunity
- business world; business community
- three principles and five virtues (idiom); the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
- to reprimand; to admonish; to lecture sb
- pretty daughter in a humble family
- every living being (Buddhism); the mass of common people
- to regard men as superior to women (idiom)
- having foresight; a person of foresight
- kalpa (loanword) (Hinduism)
- autobiography
- to emphasize (a statement); to stress
- the male sex; a male
- hue; tone
- 冯 Féng: 冯 Feng2: surname Feng冯 píng: 冯 ping2: to gallop; to assist; to attack; to wade; great
- (onom.) clang; jingling of metals; to strike
- honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back; no surrender; to pursue justice with no second thoughts
- to put about (a story, plan, threat etc); to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story); to threaten
- temporary; provisional; for the time being
- 女人 nǚ ren: 女人 nu:3 ren5: wife女人 nǚ rén: 女人 nu:3 ren2: woman
- (old) to report to one's master
- to forget
- Ding Ling (1904–1986), Chinese novelist, author of the novel "The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River" 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上[Tai4 yang2 Zhao4 zai4 Sang1 gan1 He2 shang4], persecuted in the 1950s as "anti-Party"
- to resist; to repel; to refuse
- truth, goodness and beauty