遗容 遺容 yí róng the looks of the deceased (esp. in the context of paying one's respects) / picture of the deceased syn 先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors syn 秩 zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn 辟 bì (literary) king / monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4]) syn 舆 輿 yú (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn 倪 ní (literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause 攘 rǎng (literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject / to resist / (literary) to seize / to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [rang2] syn 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 硙硙 磑磑 ái ái (literary) lofty / towering / (literary) glistening white / (literary) hard / solid / (literary) piled up 达人 達人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 亮眼人 liàng yǎn rén (term used by the blind) sighted person / person with eyesight / perceptive person / observant person syn 陪葬 péi zàng to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) syn 出殡 出殯 chū bìn to accompany a deceased person to his last resting place / to hold a funeral syn 遗志 遺志 yí zhì the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on 冥寿 冥壽 míng shòu birthday of a deceased person 斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn 婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 勒 lè (literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn 俱 jù (literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn 聊 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn 虞 yú (literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn 怃 憮 wǔ (literary) to have tender affection for / (literary) discouraged / disappointed / (literary) startled 蒐 sōu (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia) / (literary) to hunt, esp. in spring / (literary) to gather / to collect 婵媛 嬋媛 chán yuán (literary) (of a woman) graceful / (literary) to be interwoven / (literary) to be emotionally involved 佹 guǐ (literary) perverse / unreasonable / (literary) eccentric / enigmatic / (literary) by chance / all of a sudden 塈 jì (literary) to plaster / (literary) to pick up / (literary) to rest 奭 shì (literary) majestic / magnificent / (literary) rich, deep red / (literary) angry / furious 庶几 庶幾 shù jī (literary) similar / almost / (literary) if only / it is to be hoped that / (literary) maybe / perhaps syn 羁旅 羈旅 jī lǚ (literary) to stay long in a place far from home / (literary) person who lives in an alien land 艾老 ài lǎo (literary) person aged over fifty / elderly person 人头 人頭 rén tóu person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) syn 人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as 可人 kě rén pleasant / agreeable / a person after one's heart (charming person) / a gifted person syn 伊 yī (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that syn 羲皇上人 xī huáng shàng rén lit. a person before the legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] / person from ages immemorial / fig. untroubled person 可儿 可兒 kě ér a person after one's heart (charming person) / capable person 好人 hǎo rén good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle syn 路人甲 lù rén jiǎ ordinary person A / generic person / some random person 不在 bù zài not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased 死者 sǐ zhě the dead / the deceased syn 生前 shēng qián (of a deceased) during one's life / while living 故人 gù rén old friend / the deceased syn 神像 shén xiàng likeness of a god or Buddha / (old) portrait of the deceased syn 已故 yǐ gù the late / deceased syn 遗言 遺言 yí yán words of the deceased / last words of the dying / wisdom of past sages syn 亡魂 wáng hún soul of the deceased / departed spirit syn 凭吊 憑弔 píng diào to visit a place for the memories / to pay homage to (the deceased) syn 在天之灵 在天之靈 zài tiān zhī líng soul and spirit of the deceased syn 遗像 遺像 yí xiàng portrait of the deceased syn 追思 zhuī sī memorial / recollection (of the deceased) syn 逝者 shì zhě the dead / the deceased 先父 xiān fù deceased father / my late father syn 故友 gù yǒu old friend / deceased friend 先 xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn 殉葬 xùn zàng (of servants etc) to be buried alive with the deceased / (of utensils etc) to be buried with the dead syn 遗族 遺族 yí zú the bereaved / family of the deceased syn 抚慰金 撫慰金 fǔ wèi jīn pension or lump-sum payment for the injured or for the family of the deceased 遗训 遺訓 yí xùn wishes of the deceased syn 停尸 停屍 tíng shī to keep the body of the deceased (until burial or cremation) 遗照 遺照 yí zhào picture of the deceased syn 考 kǎo to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father syn 中元节 中元節 zhōng yuán jié Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased 讳 諱 huì to avoid mentioning / taboo word / name of deceased emperor or superior syn 祢 禰 mí memorial tablet in a temple commemorating a deceased father 妣 bǐ deceased mother 只鸡斗酒 隻雞斗酒 zhī jī dǒu jiǔ lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom) / fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests 斗酒只鸡 斗酒隻雞 dǒu jiǔ zhī jī lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom) / fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests 阴魂不散 陰魂不散 yīn hún bù sàn lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive 中元 zhōng yuán Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased 亡母 wáng mǔ deceased mother 亡者 wáng zhě the deceased 伤悼 傷悼 shāng dào to grieve for deceased relative / to mourn 奠仪 奠儀 diàn yí a gift of money to the family of the deceased 庙号 廟號 miào hào temple name of a deceased Chinese emperor 讳名 諱名 huì míng taboo name / name of deceased 追荐 追薦 zhuī jiàn to pray for the soul of a deceased 遗妻 遺妻 yí qī widow / the deceased's widow 灵床 靈床 líng chuáng bier / bed kept as it was when the deceased was alive 显考 顯考 xiǎn kǎo honorific term for one's deceased father / (arch.) great-great-grandfather 遗产国际管理公约 遺產國際管理公約 Convention concerning the International Administration of the Estates of Deceased Persons 死者遗产继承法律使用公约 死者遺產繼承法律使用公約 Convention on the Law Applicable to Succession to the Estates of Deceased Persons 家亲 家親 jiā qīn older generation in one's household (often referring to one's parents) / one's deceased close relatives 捡骨 撿骨 jiǎn gǔ bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location 遗属 遺屬 yí shǔ surviving family of the deceased 皇考 huáng kǎo (archaic) (honorific) deceased father (esp. of an emperor) 朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct syn 所见 所見 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees / (literary) opinion / view 文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 文采 wén cǎi literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright colors syn 踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied syn 他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn 眉宇 méi yǔ (literary) forehead / (literary) countenance / features syn 污秽 污穢 wū huì (literary) dirty / filthy / (literary) dirt / filth syn 东瀛 東瀛 dōng yíng (literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan syn 惺惺 xīng xīng (literary) awake / (literary) intelligent / clever 