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to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
trumpet
to scold, to upbraid; to shout at
talkative; grumbling
to hold in the mouth
to persistently exhort or urge; sting (as of an insect)
old, classic, ancient
mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar
to grumble; to sigh
cry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail
sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph; stanza
may, can, -able; possibly
to ask; to bow, to kowtow; to knock
used in transliterations
another; separate, other
cannot; to be unable; improbable; thereupon
history, chronicle, annals
to take charge of, to control, to manage; officer
platform; unit; term of address
to sigh, to admire
leaf, page; surname
right; right-wing
imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon
only, merely, just
prisoner, convict; to confine
four
holy, sacred; sage, saint
to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
to turn over when asleep
burden, load; to lift up; to tamp down
to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
to advance quickly; to go back and forth; origin, source
head; chief, boss; first, top
central; to beg; to run out
milk; breasts; nurse, grandmother
slave, servant
pregnant; pregnancy
traitor; villain
calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
it; other
correct, right; facing, opposed
you; that, those; final particle
small (used in place names)
end of spine; buttocks, sacrum
Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
skillful, ingenious, clever
left; unorthodox, improper
cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
city, town; market, fair; to trade
commander; commander-in-chief; handsome, smart
flat, level, even; peaceful
infant, young child; immature
to prepare; to regulate
conical cap worn during the Zhou dynasty
not, negative
to enlarge, to expand; liberal, great
to return, to go back; to return to, to revert
surely, certainly; must; will
grieving; distressed
small, narrow; tiny, little
5th heavenly stem
halberd, battle-axe
to scratch, to dig up; to crouch, to crawl
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
shake off, brush away; dust
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
to throw, to hurl, to cast away
to scold, to upbraid; to accuse, to blame; to reproach
dawn; morning; day
old, ancient; former, past