- death by hanging; to hang oneself
- (mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply
- to fish up; to dredge up
- reward; prize; award
- distance; CL:個|个[ge4]; to be apart from
- Tong county in Beijing
- to start shooting or firing; to win an initial success; to succeed (of a plan)
- in front of one's eyes
- idiocy; idiot
- pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction
- Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
- to hold power; in office
- grieved; sorrowful
- to promote; to reinstate (in a position or job)
- otherwise; if not; or (else)
- to produce (by natural growth, or by manufacture, mining etc); to yield; to turn out; produce; products
- to rely on; father and mother (classical)
- to spend all one's time together (idiom)
- to have no other choice
- brilliancy (of gems)
- bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
- best quality; item of the highest quality; (slang) outrageous; annoying in the extreme; gross; person with these qualities
- no need for
- superfluous words; unnecessary detail
- historian
- 赵 Zhào: 赵 Zhao4: surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms赵 zhào: 赵 zhao4: to surpass (old)
- 翼 Yì: 翼 Yi4: surname Yi; alternative name for 絳|绛[Jiang4], the capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770–475 BC)翼 yì: 翼 yi4: wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
- reading notes; CL:篇[pian1]
- to convert; conversion; (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation
- purchasing power
- approximately; about (some numerical value)
- to carp; nitpicking; petty criticism
- early years
- key; also pr. [yao4]
- on imperial orders
- to investigate
- to commit suicide by cutting one's own throat
- to die
- other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders