- to awe; to intimidate
- generous; ample
- to use gain as a lure
- (idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
- worldly wisdom; the ways of the world; to know how to get on in the world
- complexity
- 筑 zhù: 筑 zhu4: five-string lute; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]筑 Zhù: 筑 Zhu4: short name for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2]筑 zhù: 筑 zhu4: to build; to construct; to ram; to hit; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
- neighbor
- Shen Buhai (385-337 BC), legalist political thinker
- to stress in a prejudiced way; to emphasize sth unduly
- incorporating diverse things (idiom); eclectic; all-embracing
- to lose power and influence
- Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕
- (lit. and fig.) puppet
- ordinary man; ignorant person; coarse fellow
- self-protection; to defend oneself
- with everything needed available
- too numerous to mention individually or one by one
- expressly stipulated (in writing)
- to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom); to kick people around
- crafty plots and machinations (idiom)
- handle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem; sth that affords an advantage to an opponent; classifier for knives or blades
- to punish; to penalize; to fine
- to sleep peacefully (idiom); (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries
- to make known to the masses (idiom); to publicize widely; to let the world know
- to have no right; to have no authority
- to alter
- rewards and penalties
- to drive; to propel; drive (vehicle wheel); drive mechanism (tape or disk); device driver (computing software)
- personal computer; PC
- rule by virtue; rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal)
- heroic; intrepid; valiant; dauntless; fierce; ferocious; violent
- prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner; (old) northern barbarian; slave
- warm, caring mother
- to give an example
- the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei