- emperor's son-in-law
- street; main street; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as 故宮|故宫[Gu4 gong1]
- imperial palace
- (idiom) the place is unchanged, but the faces are different
- artillery barrage; gunfire
- lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated; to vanish in a puff of smoke
- to continue; to go on; to last
- doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
- impressive; out of the ordinary
- public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom
- historian
- 瞿 Qú: 瞿 Qu2: surname Qu瞿 qú: 瞿 qu2: startled; Taiwan pr. [ju4]
- 祖 Zǔ: 祖 Zu3: surname Zu祖 zǔ: 祖 zu3: ancestor; forefather; grandparents
- black jade; nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
- natural sciences
- geography
- to skim (through a book); to read cursorily; to dip into
- to broaden
- music; CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4]
- art; fine arts; painting; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- lit. to fire pots and smelt metal; fig. to educate
- to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
- fascinating; enchanting; charming; tempting
- to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association
- satisfied with what one has (idiom)
- brave; courageous
- to face (reality, danger etc)
- truth; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to train; to drill; training; CL:個|个[ge4]
- unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
- to discriminate against; discrimination
- suffering
- poor; impoverished
- to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching
- strict; stringent; tight; rigorous
- corrective influence; to reform (a criminal); redemption (of a sinner); to influence (a malefactor to a better life); to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example
- (of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive; well-developed; excellent; to refine; to improve
- worldview; world outlook; Weltanschauung
- to pass an entrance exam; to be admitted to
- government funded; paid by state stipend