- to report (malefactors to the police); to denounce
- unfilial
- Lu, vassal state at the time of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝|周朝[Zhou1 chao2], located in the southwest of present-day Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1], birthplace of Confucius
- to go all out for sth at risk of one's life
- outer or inner corner of the eye; canthus
- glistening teardrops
- heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster; fig. violent revolution; major social upheaval
- to collapse; to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor; demise
- to compete; to contend; to struggle
- strength; energy; vigor; talent
- task; problem; issue
- to survey; to view broadly
- to stammer; to stutter; Taiwan pr. [kou3ji2]
- blunderer; bungler
- Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
- to abdicate
- 纣 Zhòu: 纣 Zhou4: Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] (the name refers to a crupper 紂|纣[zhou4], the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)纣 zhòu: 纣 zhou4: crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
- to murder a superior; to murder one's parent
- rebels and traitors (idiom); general term for scoundrel
- I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
- 大王 dà wáng: 大王 da4 wang2: king; magnate; person having expert skill in something大王 dài wang: 大王 dai4 wang5: robber baron (in opera, old stories); magnate
- rare
- pair of antithetical phrases; antithetical couplet
- repeatedly urging; imploring over and over again
- the rest; the others; remaining; remainder; apart from them
- poor; impoverished
- a common occurrence (idiom)
- high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position
- subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
- profitable
- (idiom) vicious; merciless
- lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom); fig. to be frightened stiff; spooked out of one's mind; terror-stricken
- it would be better
- to enact laws; to legislate; legislation
- lasting; enduring; persistent; permanent; protracted; endurance; persistence; to last long
- to enforce a law; law enforcement
- decree; ordinance
- to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
- this life; to lose face; to be disgraced