- scholar; intellectual; egghead
- warrior; samurai
- (of a person) moral character; integrity; (of a work of art or literature) style; character; quality; (music) fret (on a stringed instrument)
- one divides into two; to be two-sided; there are two sides to everything; to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
- good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality; (coll.) very bad
- clear; distinct; evidently; clearly
- at the same time; simultaneously
- an individual; self-employed individual; small business operator (abbr. for 個體戶|个体户[ge4 ti3 hu4])
- to infer; inference; corollary; reasoned conclusion
- whole; entire; total
- community; colony
- not at all; simply (can) not
- original idea; real intention; etymon
- 上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上 shàng: 上 shang4: (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- incident; event
- environment; circumstances; surroundings; CL:個|个[ge4]; ambient
- surname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4]
- 辽 Liáo: 辽 Liao2: short name for Liaoning 遼寧|辽宁[Liao2 ning2] province; Liao or Khitan dynasty (916-1125)辽 liáo: 辽 liao2: (bound form) distant; faraway
- during; at the time of
- 元 Yuán: 元 Yuan2: surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)元 yuán: 元 yuan2: currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon
- 明 Míng: 明 Ming2: Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God明 míng: 明 ming2: bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
- the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties
- Han ethnic group, the majority ethnic group in China
- Mongolia; Mongol ethnic group
- Manchu ethnic group
- (of competition or fighting) intense; fierce; (of pain) acute; (of an expression of opinion) impassioned; vehement; (of a course of action) drastic; extreme
- a struggle; fight; battle
- to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize
- one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- politics; political
- tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc)
- to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- to describe; description
- attitude (of the heart); state of one's psyche; way of thinking; mentality
- later generations
- modern man; Homo sapiens
- to weigh; to examine; to consider
- to have as its purpose; to be intended to; to aim to (do sth)
- to portray
- to express (emotions in prose); a written description (of emotions)
- human nature; humanity; human; the totality of human attributes
- to worry about
- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- to refer obliquely to; to insinuate; innuendo
- if; in case; in the event that
- somewhat; to some extent
- to lash out; to reprimand
- despicable and filthy; foul