- short and stout; dumpy; roly-poly
- unforgettable
- in a panicked state; frightened
- trembling; rustling
- immediately; without a moment's hesitation; with alacrity; firing from the hip
- guilt
- elderly gentleman (respectful); esteemed father
- (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official)
- responsibility
- to send (on errand)
- (bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically; (bound form) bearing; deportment
- crown prince
- charge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation
- to lighten; to ease; to alleviate
- from beginning to end; in its entirety; in accord with fact; literal
- to have a preference for; to fancy; to choose after consideration; to settle on
- authorities; feudal official
- to collude; to collaborate; to gang up
- to murder
- (idiom, from the Analects) (usu. of a passer-by who comes across a critical situation) to step in and help; to take brave or selfless action
- to lose touch with; missing; scattered; separated from
- to get promoted
- fact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- appearance
- to adore; to admire
- Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days)
- to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
- (respectful) lord; master; (coll.) maternal grandfather
- soul and spirit of the deceased
- lit. mole cricket and ants; fig. tiny individuals with no power
- to bless and protect; blessing
- 唠 láo: 唠 lao2: used in 嘮叨|唠叨[lao2 dao5]唠 lào: 唠 lao4: to gossip; to chat (dialect)
- to chatter; to hog the conversation
- (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- 祭 jì: 祭 ji4: to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (sth magic); (bound form) ceremony; (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival祭 Zhài: 祭 Zhai4: surname Zhai
- everything
- to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong; to try to turn back history; a perverse way of doing things