- law; CL:條|条[tiao2], 套[tao4], 個|个[ge4]
- astute; perspicacious; farsighted
- (bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
- wise and capable; sagacious
- witness
- famous; noted; well-known; celebrated
- learned; erudite
- (literary) traveler
- to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip
- great person
- achievement; outstanding work; glorious deed
- (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
- personage; celebrity
- to lose one's splendor; to lose luster; to be eclipsed; to be overshadowed
- Arabian; Arabic; Arab
- to sing the praises of; to extol; to eulogize
- unprecedented; never seen since ancient times
- Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
- 棱 léng: 棱 leng2: square beam棱 lēng: 棱 leng1: used in 刺棱[ci1 leng1]; used in 花不棱登[hua1 bu5 leng1 deng1]; used in 撲棱|扑棱[pu1 leng1]棱 líng: 棱 ling2: used in 穆稜|穆棱[Mu4 ling2] (the name of a place in Heilongjiang); used in 丹稜|丹棱[Dan1 ling2] (the name of a place in Sichuan); used in 綏稜|绥棱[Sui2 ling2] (the name of a place in Heilongjiang)棱 léng: 棱 leng2: arris; edge; corrugation; ridges
- arbitrary; subjective; dogmatic
- civilized; civilization; culture; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to discriminate against; discrimination
- to kill (or assault) sadistically
- to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
- scale; scope; extent
- deputy
- annihilated; capsized
- to float on the current; to drift along or about; rafting
- day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop
- to put in an important position
- zealotry; fanatical; feverish
- 正统 Zhèng tǒng: 正统 Zheng4 tong3: Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]正统 zhèng tǒng: 正统 zheng4 tong3: orthodoxy; tradition; orthodox; traditional; principles of dynastic succession; (of an heir) legitimate
- heresy
- old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
- vulture
- garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; CL:座[zuo4]
- flowers and trees; plants; flora
- main hall; front courtyard; law court