1. modern times
2. modern age
3. modern era

1. and
2. furthermore
3. also
4. together with
5. (not) at all
6. simultaneously
7. to combine
8. to join
9. to merge

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 傍 (“to be near; approaching”)
2. alternative form of 傍 (“to be near; approaching”)

1. Ming Dynasty (1368–1644)
2. surname Ming
3. Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 Yándì descended from Shennong 神农 Shénnóng Farmer God

1. bright
2. opposite: dark 暗 àn
3. (of meaning) clear
4. to understand
5. next
6. public or open
7. wise
8. generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

classifier: 個

1. to have to
2. must
3. compulsory
4. necessarily

1. fully armed
2. armed to the teeth
3. fig. fully equipped

1. talent
2. ability
3. capacity

1. to display
2. to exhibit
3. to bring out implicit or innate qualities
4. to express (a thought or moral)
5. to develop (an idea)
6. to elaborate (on a theme)

1. his
2. her
3. its
4. their
5. that
6. such
7. it (refers to sth preceding it)

1. (obsolete) Used at the end of a sentence to show doubt.
2. (obsolete) Used in personal names.
3. Used at the end of a sentence to show doubt.
4. Used in personal names.

1. (archaic) only used in 彼其
2. only used in 彼其

1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs