- thorough; thoroughly; complete
- profane; secular; worldly
- (idiom) to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases
- carpenter's square; rule; regulation; pattern; to carve
- to express; to convey
- to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
- to lobby; to campaign; to promote (an idea, a product); (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)
- to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of
- to keep; to maintain; to preserve
- 降 jiàng: 降 jiang4: to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend降 xiáng: 降 xiang2: to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame
- disciple
- going from there to lower grades (idiom)
- compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues; mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
- to angle for fame (idiom); to fish for compliments
- successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties
- intellectual; intelligentsia
- to understand; to pay attention to; to take notice of
- game (CL:場|场[chang3]); to play
- benefit; (in sb's) interest; CL:個|个[ge4]
- on the other hand; another aspect
- to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on
- paradox (logic)
- temporary; provisional; for the time being
- leading; dominant; prevailing; to lead; to direct; to dominate
- to inspect; to observe and study; on-the-spot investigation
- to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
- the Great Wall
- (bound form) to seek by inquiry; (bound form) to visit; to call on
- to visit a place for the memories; to pay homage to (the deceased)
- 御 yù: 御 yu4: (bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage; to govern御 yù: 御 yu4: (bound form) to defend; to resist
- 边 biān: 边 bian1: side; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:個|个[ge4]; simultaneously边 bian: 边 bian5: suffix of a noun of locality
- 策 Cè: 策 Ce4: surname Ce策 cè: 策 ce4: policy; plan; scheme; bamboo slip for writing (old); to whip (a horse); to encourage; riding crop with sharp spines (old); essay written for the imperial examinations (old); upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy
- (literary) to plan and administer; to govern and develop
- 过来 gùo lái: 过来 guo4 lai2: to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of过来 gùo lai: 过来 guo4 lai5: see 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]
- to ride a horse
- Tatar (person)
- (idiom) carefree; offhand; casual
- talking and laughing; to jest; cheerful and lively
- completely
- (sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face
- to pay attention to; to care about; to attach importance to