- 坊 fáng: 坊 fang2: workshop; mill; Taiwan pr. [fang1]坊 Fāng: 坊 Fang1: surname Fang坊 fāng: 坊 fang1: lane (usually as part of a street name); memorial archway
- 氓 méng: 氓 meng2: (literary) common people氓 máng: 氓 mang2: used in 流氓[liu2 mang2]
- venerable old person
- top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
- phrase
- scales (of fish, snakes etc)
- 爪 zhuǎ: 爪 zhua3: (coll.) foot of an animal or bird; (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc爪 zhǎo: 爪 zhao3: foot of a bird or animal; paw; claws; talons
- to cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch; to dig earth with the snout; arched
- 籍 Jí: 籍 Ji2: surname Ji籍 jí: 籍 ji2: (bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral records; (bound form) membership
- 咨 zī: 咨 zi1: used in 咨文[zi1 wen2]; used in 咨嗟[zi1 jie1]咨 zī: 咨 zi1: (bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
- 佚 yì: 佚 yi4: (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages); (bound form) reclusive佚 Yì: 佚 Yi4: surname Yi
- third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; third in order; letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 165°; propyl
- such things as ...; examples including ... (etc); without exception; every; any
- painted; colored painted-on designs
- to weave; to knit
- clear; well-defined; limpid
- if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom); take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves; (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered
- grammar
- function; capability
- tradition or style from the past; old ways; surviving tradition; relic
- to employ by an examination
- the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties
- to evolve (biologically, technologically etc); evolution
- to do less well than before; to make a concession; setback; backward step; leeway; room to maneuver; fallback
- to import; to input
- apart from this; in addition to this
- to compile; to write
- one by one
- to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary
- affected; artificial; to make; to manufacture
- 勒 lēi: 勒 lei1: to strap tightly; to bind勒 lè: 勒 le4: (literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force; (literary) to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc); (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1])
- obstinate disease; to restrain; to stop
- to be wild with joy (idiom)
- key; also pr. [yao4]
- treasure-house; treasury; treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom)