- to sing a song
- song lyric; lyrics
- abundant; plentiful; overflowing; exuberant
- training in the basic skills; knowledge of the fundamentals
- tired; weary; fatigued
- (particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)
- hairpin
- the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
- former years; previous years
- to give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old)
- mien; bearing; grace; amorous feelings; flirtatious expressions; local conditions and customs; wind force, direction etc
- to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
- mound; place name
- shadow
- to melt (e.g. an icecap)
- incoming road; origin; past history
- to turn around; to look back; (fig.) to recall the past
- all in vain; futile
- Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1]
- harakiri (formal Japanese: seppuku), a samurai's suicide by disemboweling
- boiling hot
- copper (pure copper, as opposed to alloy)
- everywhere; in all respects
- character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
- playing card
- lacking oxygen; anaerobic
- exceptional; outstandingly good
- sweet and mellow; fresh and moist (air)
- to commercialize
- high position; eminent status; top job; raised position; upper (limbs); a high (i.e. local maximum); high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc
- to guard; to watch over
- mistress; paramour (of married man)
- to match; to tally
- good looks; beauty; good-looking
- to question via torture
- as one wishes; according to one's wishes; at will; voluntary; conscious
- latest; newest