- Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
- philosopher
- to write; literary work; book; article; writings; CL:部[bu4]
- section; fragment; segment
- chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe); gown; robe; CL:件[jian4]
- debate; argument; to argue over; CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]
- stele; stone tablet (for inscription); CL:方[fang1]
- to assist; to aid; supplementary; auxiliary
- stone inscription; carved stone
- unable to make sense of what one is looking at
- space alien; extraterrestrial
- to decipher; to decode
- pictogram; one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters; Chinese character derived from a picture; sometimes called hieroglyph
- to read and understand
- 嗒 tà: 嗒 ta4: used in 嗒然[ta4 ran2] and 嗒喪|嗒丧[ta4 sang4]嗒 dā: 嗒 da1: (onom.) used in words that describe machine gunfire, the ticking of a clock or the clatter of horse hooves etc
- armor
- Alexander (name); Alexandria (town name)
- the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
- surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]; short name for 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1]
- to gesticulate; to point out; to point the finger of blame
- the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty
- clerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style)
- to revere as sole orthodoxy; to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc); to be dominant
- 春秋 chūn qīu: 春秋 chun1 qiu1: spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)春秋 Chūn qīu: 春秋 Chun1 qiu1: Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
- to contend
- to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away
- dotard
- to display; to exhibit
- to pile up; to stack up
- label; tag; (computing) tab (GUI element)
- to require effort; strenuous
- 挑 tiāo: 挑 tiao1: to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick挑 tiǎo: 挑 tiao3: to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up
- ancient text; antique books
- manuscript; script
- screwdriver; CL:把[ba3]
- to lift; to pry open; to lever open
- ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale
- weekend
- Manhattan island; Manhattan borough of New York City
- building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate; schoolroom (old); CL:家[jia1]
- tiny; minute; fine; subtle; sensitive (instruments)