- dawn; daybreak
- flourishing; bustling
- capital of a country
- see 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4]
- beautiful
- city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
- see 苟且偷安[gou3 qie3 tou1 an1]
- half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands); vast swathe of territory
- iron hoof (of the oppressor)
- Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1] and Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1]
- populous and affluent
- as they say, ...; as the saying goes, ...
- Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] and the Changjiang 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1]
- to the south of (suffix)
- government revenue; tributary goods and finances; finances and taxes; wealth; property; belongings
- to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
- flower garden
- 丽 lì: 丽 li4: beautiful丽 Lí: 丽 Li2: Korea
- see 諸城市|诸城市[Zhu1 cheng2 Shi4]
- scene; sight (to behold)
- unintentionally; not in the mood to
- (bound form) remote; out of the way; off-center; eccentric
- meticulous; careful; attentive
- to have a high notion of one's duty; to be highly principled
- to conclude (an agreement)
- with one's own hands; personally
- belt; band; ribbon; strap; girdle; (coll.) audio or video tape; Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri); comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata)
- foolish; stupid; lost in thought; in a daze
- noodle restaurant
- sun; sunlight; sunshine; temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tai4 yang2 xue2])
- inclining to the west (e.g. of the sun after noon, indicating lateness of the day)
- path; route; method; ways and means
- to look for; to seek; to find fault
- desolate
- birdsong; warbling