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winding, meandering

syrup; sweet-meat, sweet-cake

a row or file of dancers

a range of peaks in Shandong and Jiangsu

glad, pleased; to enjoy

to change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy

to overflow; licentious, libertine, dissipated

to unravel; to interpret

to reach; achievement, accomplishment

驿

relay station

yīn

old variant of 陰|阴[yin1]

yín

Chinese character

yìn

indene

yīng

petal, flower, leaf; brave, heroic; English

yíng

grave, tomb, cemetary

yōng

to have, to hold; to embrace, to hug; to flock, to throng

yǒng

to sing, to hum, to chant

yǒng

to swim, to dive

yōu

the sound of a deer bleating

yóu

oil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints

yòu

help, assist, repay kindness

at, in, on; to, from; alas!

basin; cup

moment, instant, short while

fish

rain

to produce, to give birth to; to educate

melancholy; dense growth

yuān

kite; Milvus species (various)

yuàn

pasture, park, garden; mansion

yuè

mountain peak; surname

yún

sunlight; surname

yùn

an ancient town; surname

to suck, to smack the lips

question-forming particle: why? what? how?; to bite; loud

zāi

evil; a calamity

zǎng

excellent horse, noble steed

zǎo

date tree; dates, jujubes; surname

to select, to choose

marsh, swamp; brilliance, grace

one's responsibility, duty

to press; hasty; cramped

afternoon; in decline

zhá

sluice, floodgate, canal lock

zhān

to moisten, to soak, to wet; to touch

zhǎn

to chop, to cut, to sever; to behead

zhǎng

long, lasting; to excel in

zhàng

swelling, inflation

zhàng

accounts, bills; credit, debt

zhāo

to summon; to recruit; to levy

zhǎo

lake, pond, swamp

zhě

that which; they who; those who

zhēn

to spy, to reconnoiter; detective

zhěn

pillow

zhēng

to summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journey; invasion

zhēng

frightened, startled, terrified

zhēng

to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive

zhēng

to admonish, to warn; to criticize

zhèng

state in today's Henan; surname

zhī

branches, limbs; to branch off

zhī

to know, to perceive, to comprehend

zhī

to knit, to weave; to organize, to unite

zhī

limbs

zhí

nephew

zhí

straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank

zhǐ

blessings, happiness, good luck

zhì

system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower

zhì

book jacket; satchel, bag

zhì

flag, pennant, sign; to fasten

zhì

to administer, to govern, to regulate

zhì

to roast, to broil; to cauterize

zhì

essence, nature; material, substance