- 下面 xià miàn: 下面 xia4 mian4: below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xia4 mian5]下面 xià miàn: 下面 xia4 mian4: to boil noodles
- (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
- who; also pr. [shui2]
- three sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] and five emperors 五帝[wu3 di4] of myth and legend; the earliest system of Chinese historiography
- old; ancient; far away
- according to; based on; basis; foundation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- father's younger brother; paternal uncle; form of address used by children for a male one generation older
- idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命[Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4])
- to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution)
- from childhood; from a young age
- father; dad
- mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival; interdependent
- straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- serviceman; soldier; military personnel
- in all parts of (a country); various regions
- 跑 páo: 跑 pao2: (of an animal) to paw (the ground)跑 pǎo: 跑 pao3: to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off
- to follow after; immediately afterwards
- (coll.) two brothers; two close male friends
- never (in the past); never did
- native place; place of origin; home state or region
- a relative (i.e. family relation); CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- accomplished; elegant
- the first time; for the first time
- to see
- attire; clothes; dress
- skintight
- suit; Western-style clothes (historical usage)
- plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle; CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2]
- tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (property); to shift; to move (sth big and heavy); classifier for things resembling a plate or dish; classifier for coils; classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
- hat that goes with formal dress; top hat
- chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
- Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
- train; CL:列[lie4],節|节[jie2],班[ban1],趟[tang4]
- 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 stay (at a hotel etc during a trip)
- Caesar (name); Gaius Julius Caesar 100-42 BC; by extension, emperor, Kaiser, Tsar
- hotel; CL:家[jia1]
- quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3]
- 梅 méi: 梅 mei2: plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)梅 Méi: 梅 Mei2: surname Mei
- (literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye); (literary) to dye black
- 克 kè: 克 ke4: to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares克 Kè: 克 Ke4: abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatia克 kè: 克 ke4: to subdue; to overthrow; to restrain克 Kè: 克 Ke4: Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- battle cry
- 满 mǎn: 满 man3: to fill; full; filled; packed; fully; completely; quite; to reach the limit; to satisfy; satisfied; contented满 Mǎn: 满 Man3: Manchu ethnic group
- arrogant
- lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent