- poetry and prose; rhetoric
- preliminary round of imperial examinations; abbr. for 科學考察|科学考察[ke1 xue2 kao3 cha2], scientific exploration
- to fail the imperial exams; to flunk
- imperial examination system
- to demonize
- as soon as; once (an action has been completed)
- to mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise; to initiate (legal proceedings)
- to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
- thousands of horses, all mute (idiom); no-one dares to speak out; an atmosphere of political oppression
- to decide; to determine; to execute (sb); (of a dam etc) to breach or burst; definitely; certainly
- 东海 Dōng Hǎi: 东海 Dong1 Hai3: East China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)东海 Dōng hǎi: 东海 Dong1 hai3: see 東海縣|东海县[Dong1 hai3 Xian4]
- 恶 ě: 恶 e3: used in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]恶 è: 恶 e4: evil; fierce; vicious; ugly; coarse; to harm恶 wù: 恶 wu4: to hate; to loathe; ashamed; to fear; to slander
- to use up; to exhaust; empty
- see 南山區|南山区[Nan2 shan1 Qu1]
- endless; boundless; inexhaustible
- to model; to mold; (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc); (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)
- (idiom) possessing both integrity and talent
- to serve; service; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks
- method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability; trick; wile
- Michel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher
- one's later years
- (of competition or fighting) intense; fierce; (of pain) acute; (of an expression of opinion) impassioned; vehement; (of a course of action) drastic; extreme
- compass; a rule; regulation; to admonish; to plan; to scheme
- to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule
- mechanism; structure; organization; agency; institution; CL:所[suo3]
- it could even be said
- (idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on
- Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊齋志異|聊斋志异[Liao2 zhai1 Zhi4 yi4]
- Wu Jingzi (1701–1754), Qing dynasty novelist, author of The Scholars 儒林外史[Ru2 lin2 Wai4 shi3]
- Gong Zizhen (1792-1841), Chinese man of letters, calligrapher and poet
- outer appearance; form; shape; formality; CL:個|个[ge4]
- the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
- original idea; real intention; etymon
- to ask for sth and receive it; to try to obtain; to look for and obtain
- organic
- learning; science; academic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- couple; pair
- quarrelsome but loving couple
- Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
- vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
- ancient times