- to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
- to guard; to protect; bodyguard (for officials in ancient times)
- troops and horses; military forces
- without authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself; to monopolize; expert in; to be good at
- grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
- divine physician; sage doctor; highly skilled practitioner
- afternoon
- to put pen to paper; to start writing or painting
- unsuitable; improper; inappropriate
- deep; profound
- grateful and seeking to repay the kindness (idiom)
- to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
- tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom); (of a situation) unstable
- dynasty
- jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭[gui1], also given to male infants to play with
- to have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc)
- charm; fascination; glamor; charisma
- 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 exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous
- to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory); to give advice (idiom)
- see 文聖區|文圣区[Wen2 sheng4 Qu1]
- the Saint of War (i.e. the deified Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3])
- to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom); to join the military (esp. of educated person)
- party member; partisan
- crime; evil; sin
- impressions; reflections; thoughts; CL:通[tong4],個|个[ge4]
- young disciple (of the same master); younger or junior male schoolmate
- mud; muddy swamp; sump; fig. a sticky predicament
- commercial port; trading port; treaty port (old)
- to assemble; to gather
- endlessly; ceaselessly