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 皑皑 皚皚 ái ái (literary) white as snow / pure white syn 闪闪 閃閃 shǎn shǎn flickering / sparkling / glistening / glittering 泪光 淚光 lèi guāng glistening teardrops 晶晶 jīng jīng glistening / gleaming / lustrous 亮晶晶 liàng jīng jīng gleaming / glistening syn 欲滴 yù dī (suffix) replete (with moisture) / glistening / plump and tender / lovely / alluring 熠熠 yì yì glistening / bright syn 黄澄澄 黃澄澄 huáng dèng dèng glistening yellow syn 翯 hè glistening plumage of birds 明邃 míng suì glistening and piercing 清莹 清瑩 qīng yíng limpid / glistening 亮锃锃 亮鋥鋥 liàng zèng zèng polished to a shine / shiny / glistening 黄澄澄 黃澄澄 huáng dēng dēng glistening yellow / golden syn 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 白领 白領 bái lǐng white-collar / white-collar worker 洁白 潔白 jié bái spotlessly white / pure white syn 银光 銀光 yín guāng silvery light / bright white light / shining white light 冬瓜 dōng guā wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash 白皮书 白皮書 bái pí shū white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book 白莲 白蓮 bái lián white lotus (flower) / White Lotus society / same as 白蓮教|白莲教 白蛇传 白蛇傳 bái shé zhuàn Tale of the White Snake / Madame White Snake 汉白玉 漢白玉 hàn bái yù white marble / a type of white marble used for building and sculpting 白蜡 白蠟 bái là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) 白军 白軍 bái jūn White Guard or White Movement, anti-communist troops fighting against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922) 白痢 bái lì dysentery characterized by white mucous stool / white diarrhea 纨 紈 wán white / white silk syn 混淆黑白 hùn xiáo hēi bái to confuse black and white / to say that black is white / fig. not to distinguish right from wrong syn 虫白蜡 蟲白蠟 chóng bái là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) 虫蜡 蟲蠟 chóng là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) 奶汤 奶湯 nǎi tāng white broth, or milky broth: an unctuous, milky white pork broth of Chinese cuisine 精白 jīng bái pure white / spotlessly white 白大衣高血压 白大衣高血壓 bái dà yī gāo xuè yā white coat hypertension / white coat syndrome 白虎观 白虎觀 bái hǔ guàn White Tiger Hall, a Han dynasty palace hall in which the famous Virtuous Discussions Held in White Tiger Hall 白虎通德論|白虎通德论 were held under the aegis of Han Emperor Zhang 漢章帝|汉章帝 黑白分明 hēi bái fēn míng lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous / black-and-white / in sharp contrast / to distinguish clearly right from wrong syn 米白色 mǐ bái sè off-white / creamy white 白皮猪 白皮豬 bái pí zhū (derog.) white person / white pig 练 練 liàn to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk syn 皑 皚 ái (literary) white as snow 颢 顥 hào (literary) white and shining syn 牻 máng (literary) black and white cattle 尺素 chǐ sù (literary) a one-foot-long piece of white silk, used for writing in ancient times / (as a metonym) letter / written message 𫘬 騱 xí (literary) horse with white forelegs 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 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 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 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors syn 惺惺 xīng xīng (literary) awake / (literary) intelligent / clever 顾盼 顧盼 gù pàn (literary) to look around / (literary) to care for syn 惺忪 xīng sōng drowsy-eyed / (literary) wavering / indecisive / (literary) awake / conscious / clearheaded syn 周章 zhōu zhāng (literary) effort / trouble / pains (to get sth done) / (literary) frightened / terrified 彪炳 biāo bǐng (literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc) / (literary) outstanding / splendid / glorious 则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn 整饬 整飭 zhěng chì (literary) to put in good order / to make shipshape / (literary) orderly / neat / tidy syn 睚眦 睚眥 yá zì (literary) to glare in anger / (literary) (fig.) a small grievance 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 殊 shū (literary) to kill / to behead / to sever / to separate / to surpass / (bound form) different / (bound form) special / remarkable / (literary) very / extremely syn 摄 攝 shè (bound form) to take in / to absorb / to assimilate / to capture (video or still images) / (literary) to conserve (one's health) / (literary) to act for syn 柯 kē (literary) branch / stem / stalk / (literary) ax handle syn 骚 騷 sāo (bound form) to disturb / to disrupt / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / (literary) literary writings / poetry / foul-smelling (variant of 臊[sao1]) / (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male syn 詹 zhān (literary) verbose / (literary) to arrive, to reach 诡 詭 guǐ (bound form) sly / crafty / (literary) weird / bizarre / (literary) contradictory / inconsistent syn 藉 jiè (literary) cushion / mat / (literary) to put some padding underneath syn 裔 yì (bound form) descendants / (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 華裔|华裔[Hua2yi4] "of Chinese descent") / (literary) distant lands / (literary) fringe / periphery syn 苑 yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn 眩 xuàn (literary) dizzy / (literary) dazzled / bewildered / to dazzle (variant of 炫[xuan4]) syn 敛 斂 liǎn (literary) to hold back / (literary) to restrain / to control (oneself) / to collect / to gather / Taiwan pr. [lian4] syn 斐 fěi phonetic fei or fi / (literary) (bound form) rich with literary elegance / phi (Greek letter Φφ) 瑛 yīng (literary) translucent stone similar to jade / (literary) luster of jade 颐 頤 yí (literary) chin / jaw / (literary) to foster / to nurture / to protect syn 殆 dài (literary) dangerous / perilous / (literary) almost / well-nigh syn 