- to predominate; to occupy a dominant position
- brimming with confidence (idiom)
- to be patient; patience
- downstairs
- (of gait) unhurried; leisurely
- to go downstairs
- horizontal scroll; banner; streamer
- earnestly and sincerely (idiom); with all sincerity
- agenda
- newly married couple; newlyweds
- mound; burial mound; senior (i.e. eldest child or senior in rank)
- equal; equally; equivalent
- 俩 liǎng: 俩 liang3: used in 伎倆|伎俩[ji4 liang3]俩 liǎ: 俩 lia3: two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个); both; some
- to quarrel
- peaceful relations; harmonious
- 安乐 ān lè: 安乐 an1 le4: peace and happiness安乐 ān lè: 安乐 An1 le4: see 安樂區|安乐区[An1 le4 Qu1]
- to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)
- to negate; to deny; to reject; negative (answer); negation
- Coumarouna odorata
- Yongding River, the largest river flowing through Beijing
- (bound form) side; edge; boundary
- magistrate; prefect
- a daughter who is an only child
- the reformist faction
- Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)
- (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties)
- aromatic wood; perfume; fragrance
- younger female patrilineal cousin
- to read and reread sth until one is familiar with it
- Guangdong Province, capital Guangzhou 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4] (short name 粵|粤[Yue4])
- exam question
- surname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy
- (literary) to introduce the theme of a composition; to state the gist at the outset; (fig.) to begin tackling an issue; to find a way into a problem; (coll.) to experience sth for the first time (esp. sth unusual)
- (old) steamboat
- eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties
- to go and take an imperial examination
- door to women's room; gate to palace