- strenuously; persistently; hard; painful
- to mix with others; to socialize; to deal with; to contend
- to seize the opportune moment; to lose no time
- to be critically ill; to be terminally ill
- to return (to)
- to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs
- presidential palace
- politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive
- life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with
- ginseng
- young deer antler prior to ossification (used in TCM)
- furs
- precious
- to die of illness
- to compose; to compile
- silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency
- dramatic
- to organize and carry out a funeral
- Xinhua (New China), the name of various businesses, products and organizations, notably the Xinhua News Agency 新華社|新华社[Xin1 hua2 she4]
- 宫 Gōng: 宫 Gong1: surname Gong宫 gōng: 宫 gong1: palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
- to report back after a period of absence
- to console
- (speak) without thinking the matter through
- to recite; to repeat from memory
- to write; to compose
- memorial speech; eulogy
- from start to finish (idiom)
- to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to
- to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of
- (stage) lighting; light
- to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous
- beyond belief; incredible; preposterous; fantastic
- comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
- lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility; at daggers drawn
- like; as
- to ascend the throne
- to aspire to the throne; to aim at (the first place etc)