- lit. can pass through (an opening); fig. can get by (in life); tolerably well; not too bad; How are you getting by?; How's life?
- cannot help; unable to bear
- (idiom) to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness
- an official position; a job in the bureaucracy
- private; personal; interpersonal; sb with whom one has a close personal relationship; a member of one's clique
- to thank sb for favor (esp. emperor or superior official)
- to advance; to step forward
- to bow with hands held in front
- to salute; to make one's salutations
- (idiom) to turn a blind eye to; to ignore
- to return a politeness; to present a gift in return
- a man; a male; men; CL:個|个[ge4]
- let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more
- to slander; to smear; to vilify
- to imprison
- to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away
- to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight
- see 南安市[Nan2 an1 Shi4]
- Nan'an, a county-level city in Quanzhou City 泉州市[Quan2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
- bureau chief; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
- scholar preparing for imperial examinations (in former times)
- to fall ill
- to recuperate; to recover; to convalesce
- government granary
- 米 mǐ: 米 mi3: uncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan米 Mǐ: 米 Mi3: surname Mi
- authorities; feudal official
- to issue; to grant; to distribute
- (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member; classifier for military generals
- to demand payment of money owing
- unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions
- never
- 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: 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克 kè: 克 ke4: to subdue; to overthrow; to restrain
- selfish desire
- Heaven's law; the natural order of things
- to fight; to wage war
- smoke (from guns)
- difficult; hard; challenging
- repeatedly
- ten million; countless; many; one must by all means
- difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation
- lax; negligent
- 曹 Cáo: 曹 Cao2: surname Cao; Zhou Dynasty vassal state曹 cáo: 曹 cao2: class or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old); government department (old)
- incense tripod
- Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name 明宣宗[Ming2 Xuan1 zong1]