- 欧 ōu: 欧 ou1: (used for transliteration)欧 ōu: 欧 Ou1: Europe (abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲[Ou1 zhou1]); surname Ou
- 非 Fēi: 非 Fei1: abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa非 fēi: 非 fei1: to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy
- (literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect; to gather; Taiwan pr. [lian4]
- eastern bean goose; great; large
- writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
- to deign; to condescend; to yield to (entreaties); to submit to (sb); (polite) to deign to accept (a post)
- 司 Sī: 司 Si1: surname Si司 sī: 司 si1: to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
- lit. carpenter's straight line marker; same as 墨斗; fig. rules; rules and regulations
- vested in; already obtained; vesting
- chronic disease; guilt; remorse
- entirely; to exhaust
- essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- to hinge on; to be decided by; to depend on
- vulgar; tacky; tawdry
- to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
- 幸 xìng: 幸 xing4: trusted; intimate; (of the emperor) to visit幸 xìng: 幸 xing4: fortunate; lucky幸 Xìng: 幸 Xing4: surname Xing
- uncultured; uncivilized; God-forsaken; ignorant; illiterate
- Caryopteris divaricata
- very close; no gap between them; continuously; unbroken; hard to separate; indistinguishable
- classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]
- since ancient times; it has ever been the case that
- Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4] and neoclassical 復古|复古[fu4 gu3] movements
- Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 and neoclassical 復古|复古 movements
- Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian
- Zeng Gong (1019–1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the eight giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 ba1 da4 jia1]
- to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom); to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
- to abandon
- very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (coll.) very; extremely
- to bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle
- to seek after; to strive for
- (literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in; (favorable) attention; favor
- 遂 súi: 遂 sui2: used in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2]; Taiwan pr. [sui4]遂 sùi: 遂 sui4: to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach
- pastry; food; to swallow; to lure; bait; lure
- to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally
- youth; youthfulness
- to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
- up until now; so far
- immediately; suddenly
- insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent
- to experience for oneself
- reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- family influential for generations; aristocratic family