- to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- to go out
- due to; to stem from
- nature; disposition; temperament; character; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (literary) to make it so; to dictate
- fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon
- descendant
- to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture
- (of literature, art) distinct style; flavor; spirit; character
- to flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid
- reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
- genealogical record; family history; lineage
- charm; fascination; glamor; charisma
- chapter; section
- delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do
- lateral side; side; aspect; profile
- adoption (e.g. of a nephew as a son); to inherit
- to continue; to persist; to last; sustainable; preservation
- to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
- not only; not just
- reputation; fame
- honor; glory
- to fight for; to strive for; to win over
- (to take) a turn for the better; to change planes
- enlightened; open-minded; enlightenment
- Confucian scholar (old)
- chivalrous person; knight-errant
- to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
- swordsmanship
- thirty; 30
- article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning; CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]
- generally speaking; by and large; for the most part
- portrayal
- Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- to make nothing of hardships
- a life of strenuous studies (idiom)
- conversant with the Confucian classics; to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM)
- (literary) to become an official
- rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
- bold; open-minded; heroic
- not stick to one pattern
- of the same generation; person of the same generation; peer