封锁 封鎖 fēng suǒ to blockade / to seal off / to lock down syn 封闭 封閉 fēng bì to close / to seal off / to close down (an illegal venue) / closed (i.e. isolated from outside input) syn 记号 記號 jì hao mark / symbol / notation / seal syn 密封 mì fēng to seal up syn 打印 dǎ yìn to affix a seal / to stamp / to print out (with a printer) syn 海豹 hǎi bào (zoology) seal 统治者 統治者 tǒng zhì zhě ruler syn 苏丹 蘇丹 sū dān Sudan / sultan (ruler of some Muslim states, esp. Ottoman Emperor) 印章 yìn zhāng seal / signet / chop / stamp / CL:方[fang1] syn 封存 fēng cún to sequester / to seal up (for safe keeping) / to freeze (an account) / to mothball syn 查封 chá fēng to sequester / to seize (assets) / to seal up / to close down syn 臣民 chén mín subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc) 盖章 蓋章 gài zhāng to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) / to sign off on sth syn 圣贤 聖賢 shèng xián a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine syn 御用 禦用 yù yòng for use by the emperor / imperial / (derog.) in the pay of the ruler 辅佐 輔佐 fǔ zuǒ to assist (usually a ruler) syn 封条 封條 fēng tiáo seal syn 图章 圖章 tú zhāng stamp / seal / CL:方[fang1] syn 当权者 當權者 dāng quán zhě ruler / those in power / the authorities syn 闭关 閉關 bì guān to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) syn 尺子 chǐ zi ruler (measuring instrument) / CL:把[ba3] syn 封装 封裝 fēng zhuāng to encapsulate / to enclose / to wrap / to seal inside syn 封皮 fēng pí outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal syn 直尺 zhí chǐ straight ruler syn 贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 海狗 hǎi gǒu fur seal syn 印鉴 印鑒 yìn jiàn seal impression / stamp / mark from a seal serving as signature syn 印泥 yìn ní red ink paste used for seal syn 封印 fēng yìn seal (on envelopes) 归附 歸附 guī fù to realign one's allegiance (to another religion, ruler etc) / to submit syn 闭关锁国 閉關鎖國 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact syn 官印 guān yìn official seal 戳记 戳記 chuō jì stamp / seal syn 加盖 加蓋 jiā gài to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story syn 公章 gōng zhāng official seal 有道 yǒu dào to have attained the Way / (of a government or a ruler) enlightened / wise and just 篆刻 zhuàn kè to carve a seal / a seal 君臣 jūn chén a ruler and his ministers (old) 恩宠 恩寵 ēn chǒng special favor from a ruler / Emperor's generosity towards a favorite 励精图治 勵精圖治 lì jīng tú zhì (of a ruler) to strive to make one's nation strong and prosperous (idiom) syn 封盖 封蓋 fēng gài cap / seal / cover / to cover / blocked shot (basketball) 资治通鉴 資治通鑒 zī zhì tōng jiàn A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls 刻印 kè yìn to engrave a seal / stamp mark / to print with carved type / to leave a deep impression 圣明 聖明 shèng míng enlightened sage / brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler) 昏君 hūn jūn incapable ruler 加封 jiā fēng to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 篆书 篆書 zhuàn shū seal script (Chinese calligraphic style) syn 玉竹 yù zhú angular Solomon's seal / Polygonatum odoratum 黄精 黃精 huáng jīng King Solomon's seal (plant of genus Polygonatum) 改元 gǎi yuán to change an emperor's or ruler's reign title (old) syn 大印 dà yìn stamp / official seal 白文 bái wén the text of an annotated book / an unannotated edition of a book / intagliated characters (on a seal) syn 执政者 執政者 zhí zhèng zhě ruler 赐死 賜死 cì sǐ (of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution) 主宰者 zhǔ zǎi zhě ruler 印信 yìn xìn official seal / legally binding seal syn 金印 jīn yìn golden seal / characters tattooed on a convict's face 小篆 xiǎo zhuàn the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty syn 李后主 李後主 lǐ hòu zhǔ Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet / given name Li Yu 李煜 盖印 蓋印 gài yìn to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) 封 fēng to confer / to grant / to bestow a title / to seal / classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters syn 印 yìn to print / to mark / to engrave / a seal / a print / a stamp / a mark / a trace / image syn 章 zhāng chapter / section / clause / movement (of symphony) / seal / badge / regulation / order syn 尺 chǐ a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] syn 君 jūn monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler syn 戳 chuō to jab / to poke / to stab / (coll.) to sprain / to blunt / to fuck (vulgar) / to stand / to stand (sth) upright / stamp / seal syn 符 fú mark / sign / talisman / to seal / to correspond to / tally / symbol / written charm / to coincide syn 国玺 國璽 guó xǐ seal of state 埃米尔 埃米爾 āi mǐ ěr Emir (Muslim ruler) / Amir 缄 緘 jiān letters / to close / to seal syn 成吉思汗 chéng jí sī hán Genghis Khan (1162-1227), founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire 俞 yú yes (used by Emperor or ruler) / OK / to accede / to assent 绶 綬 shòu cord on a seal 隶 隸 lì (bound form) a person in servitude / low-ranking subordinate / (bound form) to be subordinate to / (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters) syn 关防 關防 guān fáng security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times) syn 独夫 獨夫 dú fū sole ruler / dictator syn 五伦 五倫 wǔ lún the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) syn 封网 封網 fēng wǎng to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / (computing) to seal off a network syn 大篆 dà zhuàn the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts syn 篆 zhuàn seal (of office) / seal script (a calligraphic style) / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆 / writing in seal script syn 钤 鈐 qián latch of door / seal 籀 zhòu (literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period / to recite / to read (aloud) syn 绂 紱 fú ribbon for a seal / sash syn 护封 護封 hù fēng dust jacket (of a book) / protective cover / document seal 爱民如子 愛民如子 ài mín rú zǐ (idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler) syn 三纲五常 三綱五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信) 爱国如家 愛國如家 ài guó rú jiā to love one's country as one's own family (praise for a virtuous ruler) 百鸟朝凤 百鳥朝鳳 bǎi niǎo cháo fèng lit. all birds paying looking up to the phoenix / fig. peace under a wise ruler 腰金衣紫 yāo jīn yī zǐ golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom) / in official position 秦篆 qín zhuàn seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆 syn 先主 xiān zhǔ former ruler / founding ruler 玺印 璽印 xǐ yìn seal (esp. of ruler) 鉨 xǐ variant of 璽|玺 ruler's seal 包封 bāo fēng to seal / to close up a package with a seal 印把子 yìn bà zi seal of authority / official seal syn 印玺 印璽 yìn xǐ official seal / imperial or royal seal / papal bull 印盒 yìn hé seal case / box for seal and ink pad 阿初佛 ā chū fó erroneous variant of 阿閦佛, Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati 