- to combine; to have both
- to get out of a predicament; to stick out; to take the initiative; remaining odd fraction after a division; a little more than
- a ruler and his ministers (old)
- etiquette; ceremony
- introverted; reserved; (artistic style) understated
- traffic accident; car crash; CL:起[qi3]
- to blame oneself
- unfilial
- to injure; to damage
- to warn repeatedly; to urge; to exhort again and again
- fame; reputation; honor; honorary; emeritus (of retired professor)
- the inside
- to pass on; to convey; to relay; to transmit; transmission
- to give unequal emphasis to; doing some things at the expense of others
- the whole family
- rate of progress
- to offer (goods or services); to open (for business etc)
- Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius; book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
- Mozi (c. 470–391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家[Mo4 jia1], which flourished during the Warring States period (475–220 BC)
- to advise; to attempt to convince
- leisure; spare time; (of a person) free; unoccupied; (of equipment, rooms etc) unused; idle; vacant
- The Analects of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
- to review (a lesson etc)
- Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
- "Strategies of the Warring States", chronicle of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), possibly written by Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[Su1 Qin2]
- to skim over; to browse
- mind; wisdom; consciousness
- to have an abundance
- Xunzi, (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher; the Xunzi, a collection of philosophical writings attributed to Xunzi
- to interpret and make glossaries and commentaries on classic texts
- I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically); one might well ask
- Tang dynasty (618–907)
- Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
- Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet
- luster of gem