- aspiration; wish (for); desire
- pedantic; trite; inflexible; adherence to old ideas
- newly-appointed; newly elected; new (in a political office)
- office; duty
- since childhood; from a young age
- compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
- 鞠 Jū: 鞠 Ju1: surname Ju鞠 jū: 鞠 ju1: to incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times; (literary) to bring up; to rear; Taiwan pr. [ju2]
- to bid farewell; tricks of the trade; pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣|十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare)
- last year
- 休 Xīu: 休 Xiu1: surname Xiu休 xīu: 休 xiu1: to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease; (imperative) don't
- disease; sickness; ailment
- cheat sheet; crib sheet
- to copy; to imitate
- to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
- to have a taste of; to realize; to appreciate
- charm; fascination; glamor; charisma
- inferior
- multifarious; multifold; many and varied; multiport; multistation; multiterminal
- laid back; leisurely; (of resources: workers, funds etc) unused; idle
- to fear
- moreover; situation
- to estimate one's strength
- ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale
- sage
- (literary) to entrust with (a task); to appoint to (a role)
- to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China); to banish or exile; (of immortals) to banish from Heaven; to censure; to blame
- to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc)
- (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal
- top (of the head); apex; to fall forwards; inverted; to jolt
- (literary) to perish; to die
- (coll.) not bad; good; fine
- eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded
- yesterday
- born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot
- lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom); fig. to prepare to attack; to be getting ready for battle
- to observe and make sure; to check
- to let go of sth; to give up
- at this point; thus; from then on
- imperial edict; see also 上諭|上谕[shang4 yu4]
- to urge
- to tender one's resignation