- 凌 líng: 凌 ling2: to approach; to rise high; thick ice; to insult or maltreat凌 Líng: 凌 Ling2: surname Ling
- cherry-apple
- ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration)
- see 番禺區|番禺区[Pan1 yu2 Qu1]
- enormous sum; millionaire; very rich
- surname Peng
- 榜 bàng: 榜 bang4: (literary) oar; (metonym) boat; (literary) to whip; to flog; Taiwan pr. [beng4]榜 bǎng: 榜 bang3: notice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees
- superb; first-rate; (of officials in imperial times) the highest rank
- cap badge (official sign of rank in Qing dynasty)
- Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei
- skillful in; proficient in; adept at
- poetry and prose; rhetoric
- to be keen on; to have a passion for
- to draw; to paint
- painting world; painting circles
- Qi Baishi (1864-1957), famous Chinese painter
- vast, with no clear boundary; fig. hazy; indistinct; unclear; confused
- celebrity; public figure
- lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
- to write (by hand); to practice calligraphy
- to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc)
- court (of king or emperor)
- (art) painter
- 缪 Miào: 缪 Miao4: surname Miao缪 móu: 缪 mou2: used in 綢繆|绸缪[chou2 mou2]
- 筠 jūn: 筠 jun1: used in 筠連|筠连[Jun1 lian2] (the name of a place in Sichuan)筠 yún: 筠 yun2: skin of bamboo
- painting; picture
- 名家 míng jiā: 名家 ming2 jia1: renowned expert; master (of an art or craft)名家 Míng jiā: 名家 Ming2 jia1: School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), also called the School of Names
- bamboo forest
- ancient place name; surname Hao
- to rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle
- to point out; to indicate; to give directions; to show how (to do sth); to censure; to pick at
- static; sedate; quiet; passive; (physics) static; steady-state; (electronics) quiescent
- looks; appearance
- delicate and pretty
- absent-minded; distracted; dazzled; vaguely; dimly
- absent-minded; preoccupied; inattentive; with one's thoughts wandering
- expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious
- dramatic form consisting of historical narration; history as jocular narrative; to stretch history for a joking story; amusing story with strained interpretations of history; to make an unreasonable comparison in jest
- at first glance
- to spur; to provide impetus; to drive