- on the edge of; (fig.) on the verge of; close to
- to starve to death; to be very hungry
- a (married) couple; husband and wife; CL:對|对[dui4]
- to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss
- hidden; secret; latent; to hide; to conceal; to submerge; to dive
- to sleep soundly
- the Yellow Springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; the equivalent of Hades or Hell
- (of colors) bright; fresh and clear; clear-cut; distinct
- to suddenly reveal; to flash (one's ID, a banknote etc)
- footpath; track; diameter; straight; directly
- 尺 chě: 尺 che3: one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]尺 chǐ: 尺 chi3: a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]
- 景 jǐng: 景 jing3: (bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight景 Jǐng: 景 Jing3: surname Jing
- (bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
- Zhu Qiyu, personal name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰[Jing3 tai4] (1428-1457), reigned 1449-1457
- 召 Shào: 召 Shao4: surname Shao; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province召 zhào: 召 zhao4: to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
- knee
- to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail
- child prodigy
- to step across; to stride over; to straddle; to span
- doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
- (speak) without thinking the matter through
- to reply; to answer; response; reply
- the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
- 席 Xí: 席 Xi2: surname Xi席 xí: 席 xi2: woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc
- to set oneself against; to oppose; to make a pair
- older brother's wife; sister-in-law; (polite address to a younger married woman) sister
- to fall into water; to sink; overboard; fig. to degenerate; to sink (into depravity); to go to the dogs
- to save; to assist; to rescue
- to have a taste of; to sample
- imperial kitchen
- crab; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- with this; thereby; thus; because of this
- all over; from head to foot
- armor
- spider
- full of political wisdom (idiom); politically astute; with encyclopedic experience of state policy
- (bound form) to patronize; to support; to aid; (bound form) to praise; to laud
- Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]
- fifty