- Pliocene (geological epoch from 5m-2m years ago)
- before the present; (a long period) ago
- footprint
- to lift up; to hold high
- to overdo it; to overstep the limit; excessively; above one's head; overhead
- 须 xū: 须 xu1: must; to have to; to wait须 xū: 须 xu1: beard; mustache; feeler (of an insect etc); tassel
- 红海 Hóng Hǎi: 红海 Hong2 Hai3: Red Sea红海 hóng hǎi: 红海 hong2 hai3: (neologism) highly competitive market (contrasted with 藍海|蓝海[lan2 hai3])
- Moses
- relief sculpture
- durable; long-lasting
- to model; to shape; appearance; style; design; form; pose
- a small cup; classifier for lamps
- heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy; laborious; arduous
- incandescent light
- 炮 pào: 炮 pao4: cannon; CL:座[zuo4]; firecracker炮 bāo: 炮 bao1: to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating炮 páo: 炮 pao2: to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
- cover of lamp; lampshade; glass cover of oil lamp
- to supply electricity
- to smash; to shatter
- to take off; to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc); to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc); (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc)
- handwriting
- to stare blankly; to be stunned; to be lost in thought
- (literary) ancient sage
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Enlightenment philosopher
- love; devotion (to children); affection, esp. towards children
- (idiom) to chatter endlessly; to talk nonstop
- to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy
- absent-minded; to lose spirit; despondent
- antiquity; ancient times
- traveler
- stiff; inflexible; also pr. [ai2 ban3]
- figure; physique; form and structure
- pictogram; hieroglyph
- cuneiform (Babylonian script)
- (in) the past; ahead; forward; in the future
- form; specification; format
- the great seal; used narrowly for 籀文; used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts