- Xiao County or Xiaoxian, a county in Suzhou City 宿州市[Su4 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui
- to read a book; to study; to attend school
- ability and wisdom
- 考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to beat; to hit; to inspect; to test; to take an exam考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father
- a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent
- best; had better ...; it would be best to ...
- government granary
- 食 shí: 食 shi2: to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse食 sì: 食 si4: to feed (a person or animal)
- to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- country; nation; state
- to issue; to grant; to distribute
- foodstuff; cereals; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- next; later; after that
- father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to pass away; to die
- pillar; backbone
- circumstances
- to worsen
- poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- 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])
- 书 Shū: 书 Shu1: abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]书 shū: 书 shu1: book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write
- to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
- to seek shelter; to seek asylum
- wife's older brother
- so as to; for the purpose of; in order to
- to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty
- way of doing sth; the right social connection
- large scale program of lasting importance; project of paramount importance; to think big; annual national audit
- to lay out (an argument) item by item; memorandum to a superior
- to present; to render
- then (as in "the then chairman")
- inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times
- to be capable of; to be able to; can
- (since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial
- so far; to this day; until now
- ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged); civilian (contrasted with the military)
- border region; regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times)
- to write a letter
- irrigation ditch; (fig.) channel; avenue
- unobstructed; clear; (of writing or thinking) coherent; fluent
- resolute person; person with aspirations; people who feel; people who use their heads
- to find out; to ascertain; to get an idea of
- to wait to fill a vacancy; reserve (candidate); alternate; substitute
- 齐 Qí: 齐 Qi2: (name of states and dynasties at several different periods); surname Qi齐 qí: 齐 qi2: neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out