- the distant past; ancient times; antiquity; early historical times
- picture scroll
- to forge (metal); (fig.) to create; to build; to develop
- frequently; often
- public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
- (idiom) moral standards are much lower now than in former times
- to intertwine; to band together (with); to link up (with); twisted; tangled; confused; to be at a loss; to struggle (mentally) with (sth); to overthink; to feel conflicted
- precipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. [yai2]
- 山 Shān: 山 Shan1: surname Shan山 shān: 山 shan1: mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
- Mongol
- Han Chinese person or people
- to sink down to; to be reduced to (sth inferior)
- citizen
- fills the eyes (of a beautiful view, scene of desolation etc)
- old name for China
- to take seriously; serious; No joking, really!
- not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- 遇 Yù: 遇 Yu4: surname Yu遇 yù: 遇 yu4: (bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat; to receive
- 奇 jī: 奇 ji1: odd (number)奇 qí: 奇 qi2: strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually
- disaster; calamity
- to change dramatically; radical change
- in the past; formerly
- scholar officials
- 没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
- Han ethnic group, the majority ethnic group in China
- position; standpoint; CL:個|个[ge4]
- attitude (of the heart); state of one's psyche; way of thinking; mentality
- to approach; to come closer
- Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]
- to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance
- to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
- firmament
- to twist; crooked; unjust; in vain
- to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- the world of mortals (Buddhism); human society; worldly affairs
- 若 rě: 若 re3: used in 般若[bo1 re3]; used in 蘭若|兰若[lan2 re3]若 rùo: 若 ruo4: to seem; like; as; if
- 许 Xǔ: 许 Xu3: surname Xu许 xǔ: 许 xu3: to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps
- anti-corruption
- to show off (loanword, from English "show"); to grandstand; to perform in a stage show
- head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link; class (taxonomy); outline; program
- a member (of an organization)