1. to cherish
2. to begrudge
3. to pity
4. Taiwan pr. xí

1. (historical) short for 秦始皇 (Qín Shǐhuáng, “Qin Shi Huang (the first emperor of China)”)
2. short for 秦始皇 (Qín Shǐhuáng, “Qin Shi Huang (the first emperor of China)”)

1. brief; sketchy
2. outline; summary
3. to omit
4. (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly
5. plan; strategy
6. to capture (territory)

1. to lose; to be beaten
2. (bound form) to transport
3. (literary) to donate; to contribute
4. (coll.) to enter (a password)

1. literary talent
2. literary grace
3. rich and bright colors

1. Tang dynasty (618–907)
2. surname Tang

1. to exaggerate
2. empty
3. in vain
4. old variant of 螗 táng

1. school
2. sect
3. purpose
4. model
5. ancestor
6. clan
7. to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work)
8. classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs

1. surname Song
2. the Song dynasty (960–1279)
3. Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋 Náncháo Sòng

1. (～國) Song, a state during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China
2. (～朝) Song dynasty of China (960–1279), reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beginning of the Yuan
3. A Chinese constellation, considered a part of the Left Wall of the Heavenly Market Enclosure
4. Song dynasty of China (960–1279), reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beginning of the Yuan
5. Song or Liu Song (420–479), the first of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period
6. Song, a state during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China
7. a surname, listed 118th in the Baijiaxing

1. ancestor
2. forefather
3. grandparents

1. somewhat
2. a little

1. to abdicate
2. modest
3. yielding
4. unpretentious
5. inferior to
6. (slang) to suck

1. literary excellence
2. flirtatious behavior

1. to know
2. knowledge
3. Taiwan pr. shì

1. to record
2. to write a footnote

1. to bend
2. bent
3. a bend; a turn (in a road etc)

classifier: 道

1. a bow (weapon)
2. to bend
3. to arch (one's back etc)

classifier: 張

1. to shoot
2. to launch
3. to allude to
4. radio- (chemistry)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to hit with bow and arrow
2. to hit with bow and arrow

1. used in 僕射／仆射 (púyè)
2. used in 姑射
3. used in 射干 (yègān)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 斁 /𭣧 (“to detest; to be weary of”)
2. alternative form of 斁 /𭣧 (“to detest; to be weary of”)
3. used in 無射／无射

1. big; large; great
2. older (than another person)
3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
4. greatly; freely; fully
5. (dialect) father
6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

1. to carve
2. to engrave
3. shrewd
4. bird of prey

1. (literary) all; both; entirely; without exception
2. (literary) to be together
3. (literary) to be alike

1. to go (in a direction)
2. to
3. towards
4. (of a train) bound for
5. past
6. previous

1. to count
2. to count as; to regard as
3. to enumerate; to list

1. number; figure
2. several; a few

1. distinguished and accomplished
2. outstanding
3. talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle
4. romantic
5. dissolute
6. loose

1. person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance)
2. character (in a play, novel etc)
3. (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting

1. still
2. still in progress
3. still more
4. yet
5. even more
6. in addition
7. fairly
8. passably (good)
9. as early as
10. even
11. also
12. else

1. to pay back
2. to return

1. to look after
2. to take care of
3. to watch
4. to guard

1. to see; to look at
2. to read
3. to watch
4. to visit; to call on
5. to consider; to regard as
6. to look after
7. to treat (a patient or illness)
8. to depend on
9. to feel (that)
10. (after a verb) to give it a try
11. to watch out for

1. (dialect) today
2. (literary) the present; this age