- to lack; to be short of
- 量 liáng: 量 liang2: to measure量 liàng: 量 liang4: capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word
- (various things) such as; such as (the following)
- 卢 Lú: 卢 Lu2: surname Lu; abbr. for Luxembourg 盧森堡|卢森堡[Lu2 sen1 bao3]卢 lú: 卢 lu2: (old) rice vessel; black; (slang) (Tw) troublesome; fussy
- 杞 Qǐ: 杞 Qi3: Qi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state; surname Qi杞 qǐ: 杞 qi3: Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense); willow
- 尤 Yóu: 尤 You2: surname You尤 yóu: 尤 you2: outstanding; particularly, especially; a fault; to express discontentment against
- 荆 Jīng: 荆 Jing1: an early name for the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]; surname Jing荆 jīng: 荆 jing1: chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a chaste tree, used for punishment
- and so on; and such
- evil words; malicious talk
- Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
- Emperor Dezong of Tang (742-805), reign name of tenth Tang emperor Li Kuo 李适[Li3 Kuo4], reigned 779-805
- a treacherous court official; a minister who conspires against the state
- period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to injure; to devastate; to slaughter
- Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty
- to plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb; to stumble; to fall down
- in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands
- An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1] and 史思明[Shi3 Si1 ming2], a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty
- Guo Ziyi (697–781), Tang dynasty general who helped suppress the An Lushan Rebellion and served multiple emperors
- 姬 Jī: 姬 Ji1: surname Ji; family name of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty 周代[Zhou1 dai4] (1046–256 BC)姬 jī: 姬 ji1: woman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)
- concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
- to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
- ugly
- (idiom) narrow-minded; petty; ungenerous
- married woman
- to accomplish one's ambition; a dream come true; to enjoy success
- destruction
- to liken to; to compare to
- behavior; moral conduct
- to assign (to a class); to classify as; to include
- forward; onward
- development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
- extreme and inflexible; fixated; stubborn in clinging to a notion; (psychology) paranoid
- usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable; to make; to cause; to bring about
- middle (of a period of time); medium-term (plan, forecast etc)
- to have become common practice (idiom); to become a general trend
- personal profit; to benefit oneself
- (idiom) too many to count; innumerable
- to cross the sea by a trick (idiom); to achieve one's aim by underhanded means