- snake venom
- to be close friends
- to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
- to practice diligently; to act energetically
- 仁义 rén yi: 仁义 ren2 yi5: affable and even-tempered仁义 rén yì: 仁义 ren2 yi4: benevolence and righteousness
- to cross; to pass through; to ferry
- resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense
- circumstances of the people; popular sentiment; the mood of the people; popular customs
- stable; calm; settled; to stabilize; Valium; diazepam
- 商 shāng: 商 shang1: commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)商 Shāng: 商 Shang1: Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang
- prosperous; thriving; (of vegetation) luxuriant
- the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
- (military) strategic town; (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc)
- to placate; to pacify; to appease
- to allocate; to provide; to outfit with
- awe-inspiring bearing; authority; power; imposing; impressive; majestic
- 贵 gùi: 贵 gui4: expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank; (prefix) (honorific) your贵 Gùi: 贵 Gui4: short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
- plain cotton clothing; (literary) the common people
- ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged); civilian (contrasted with the military)
- gatehouse; lodge; gatekeeper; porter
- to receive sb; to grant an interview
- (idiom) high officials and noble lords; the powerful and influential
- quietly; in a low voice
- 姬 jī: 姬 ji1: woman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)姬 Jī: 姬 Ji1: surname Ji; family name of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty 周代[Zhou1 dai4] (1046–256 BC)
- concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
- to bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the other, then moving the hands down to one's knees as one bows, keeping the arms straight (a form of greeting)
- 昌 Chāng: 昌 Chang1: surname Chang昌 chāng: 昌 chang1: (bound form) prosperous; flourishing
- ashen-faced
- respect; aspect; field; side; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail
- heavy responsibility
- tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc)
- oral; verbal
- oath; pledge; union; to ally; league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia
- canton; county; region
- adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors
- to care about; to mind