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自用

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obstinately hold to one’s views zì yòng

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賊

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a thief, rebel, to harm

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耽

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to indulge in, addicted to pleasures dān

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勢

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power shì

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社稷

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gods of the soil and grain – one’s country, the national altars

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戮

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‘to kill in war, to massacre; to disgrace’

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恤

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xù anxiety; sympathy; to sympathize; to give relief; to compensate

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讎

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an enemy; to hate; a rival; to compare; to verify; to reply, pledge (also 讐)’ chóu

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狎

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to approach near; to be familiar with; disrespectful; improper intimacy

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存亡

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alive or dead; to preserve or to ruin; saved or lost’ cún wáng

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此存亡之機也

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this is a matter of life or death

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圖

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take this into account, take heed of this

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劫

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to rob, to plunder jié

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稅

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to halt, as a post, to put up at, taxed, revenue, duty on goods

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舍

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to give up; to abandon; to give alms shě

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盡

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(in the context) all

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撫琴

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fǔ qín: ‘to strum the zither’

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援

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yuán: ‘to lead; to take hold of; to pull up; to rescue’

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奏

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(in this context) to play music zòu

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玄鶴

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black or aged crane (crane is a symbol of longevity) xuán hè

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垝

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to destroy, to damage guǐ

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列

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liè: ‘to arrange in order; to enumerate; to classify; a file or rank

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延

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yán: ‘to delay; to lengthen; to protract; to invite; to engage; to receive’

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“頸”

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jǐng: ‘the neck; the throat’

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觴
feast, goblet shāng
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蛟龍
scaly dragon; legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods
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灑
sǎ: ‘to sprinkle; to splash; to scatter; to throw
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蛇
shé snake; serpent
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伏地
fúdì to lie prostrate
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鳳皇
phoenix
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玄
xuán: ‘dark, sombre; black; deep, profound’
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裂
liè: ‘to tear, split, crack, break open’
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帷幕
wéi mù: ‘a cloth partition or tent’
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隳
huī: ‘to destroy; to overthrow’
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瓦
”wǎ: ‘tile; earthenware pottery’
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伏
to lean over; to fall (go down); fú
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旱
hàn: ‘dry weather; drought; dry land
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赤
chì: ‘red; the south; naked; bare’
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癃病
lóng bìng: ‘infirmity of old age
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驁
ào: ‘a vicious horse; stubborn’
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狃
niǔ: ‘accustomed to; familiar with; inclined to evil; perverse’
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循
xún to follow; to adhere to; to abide by
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尹
yǐn to administer; to oversee; to run; magistrate (old); (Chinese surname)
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郭
guō outer city wall; (Chinese surname)
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懼
jù to fear
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應敵
yìng dí: ‘to meet the enemy’
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垣
yuán: ‘a wall’
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丈
zhàng: ‘a measure of ten feet; a senior; elder; husband; one to be respected’
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發
fā: ‘to issue; to put or to send forth; to rise; to manifest; to issue stores’
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勁
jìn: ‘strong, unyielding, muscular’
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箭
arrow jiàn
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鍊
liàn: ‘to smelt; to refine; to discipline’
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銅
tóng: ‘brass, copper, bronze’
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柱
zhù: ‘a pillar; a post; to support’
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質
zhì: ‘matter; substance; elements’
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決
(in this context) burst open, to sentence, to decide
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灌
guàn: ‘to pour into; to pour on;
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懸
xuán: ‘to hang up; to suspend;
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釜
fǔ: ‘a cauldron, a pot, a pan’
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炊
chuī: ‘to dress food, to steam’
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羸
léi: ‘bound; entangled; lean;
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潛
qián: ‘to hide away; to secret oneself;
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麤
cū: ‘coarse, rough; rude, vulgar;
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且...且...
grammar construction meaning ‘a mixture of ... and ...’
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矜
jīn: to boast; to brag; to pity; to feel for; to have compassion on; to respect; to esteem; to attend to’
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節
(in this context) moderation jié
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欺
qī: ‘to cheat; to impose on; to take advantage of; to oppress; to double-cross;to deceive’
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旦暮
‘morning and evening; imminent – illustrates the passage of time
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嚮
xiàng: ‘opposite; to incline towards; to guide; to approach; indicate one's mind; to offer a sacrifice; to encourage’
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屬
zhǔ to join together; to fix one's attention on; to concentrate on
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謀臣
imperial strategic advisor’
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隄
dī: ‘to guard against , a barrier; a dike’
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擒
qín: ‘to seize; to clutch; to arrest; to capture
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聘
pìn: ‘to invite by presents; to betroth; | to inquire about’
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儉
dān: ‘temperate; frugal, economical’
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辱
disgrace; dishonor; to insult; to bring disgrace or humiliation to; to be indebted to; self-deprecating rǔ
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簋
guǐ: ‘vessel, bowl’
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鉶
xíng: ‘a sacrificial vessel’
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賓服
bīn fú: ‘to respect, to admire (賓 is to submit; a visitor; a guest)’
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禪
(in this context) to abdicate chán
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鋸
jū: ‘a saw; to saw; to mend crockery’
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漆
qī: ‘paint, lacquer; varnish, to paint or varnish’
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輸
shū: ‘to bring in what is due
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染
rǎn: ‘to dye; to infect; to catch
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茵
mattress yīn
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蔣
jiang: ‘a species of aquatic grass
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緣
yuán: ‘the hem of a garment’
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飾
shì: ‘adorn’
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雕琢
diāo zhuó: ‘to cut and polish
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堊
è: ‘to whitewash’
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內史
Royal Secretary
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僻陋
pì lòu: ‘rustic; remote;
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卿
qīng high ranking official
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趣
qù: ‘to advance quickly; to hasten to; bias, tendency; interesting; amusing; pleasant; to breed’
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匡天下
kuāng tiān xià: ‘to put the empire in order’
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遷
qiān to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote
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蒸
zhēng: ‘to steam; to cook by | steaming’
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廉
lián: ‘pure, modest, incorrupt; not | avaricious; reasonable in price
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任
rèn: ‘an official position, an office; to employ, to put in office; to allow; to be responsible for; to confide in’
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蒞
lì: ‘to overlook; to manage; to exercise the duties of office; to rule
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賂
bribe; bribery lù
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練
(in context) liàn: to select’
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廟
miào: ‘a temple; a shrine’
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祠
cí: ‘to worship ancestors; an ancestral hall or temple; to sacrifice
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奉
fèng : ‘to receive with both hands; to offer; to serve; respectfully; to have the honour to
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穀
gǔ: ‘grain; lucky, good, happy
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悉
xī : ‘to comprehend; to know; all, fully, entirely, altogether’
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弊
bì: ‘distressed; fraud; corruption, evil
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冠蓋
high officials guān gě
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拔
bá; ‘to pluck up; to root up’

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