"the monarch's will" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 天心 | center of the sky / will of heaven / will of the Gods / the monarch's will |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 当今 當今 | the present time / (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty | syn | |
| 帝王 | regent / monarch | syn | |
| 圣人 聖人 | sage / the Sage (i.e. Confucius) / (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty / (religion) saint | syn | |
| 君主 | monarch / sovereign | syn | |
| 国君 國君 | monarch | syn | |
| 冷宫 冷宮 | (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor / (fig.) the doghouse / a state of disfavor | ||
| 近臣 | member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle (old) | ||
| 王 | king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great | syn | |
| 王 | (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom) | syn | |
| 君 | monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler | syn | |
| 拜 | to bow to / to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness) | syn | |
| 辟 | (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 | |
| 孝悌忠信 | Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends | ||
| 四德 | four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 | ||
| 封邑 | grant of territory by an emperor or monarch (old) | ||
| 规复 規復 | to restore (deposed monarch, rule, system of laws, ecological system etc) / restoration | ||
| 黑枕王鹟 黑枕王鶲 | (bird species of China) black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea) | ||
| 君长 君長 | the monarch and his ministers / tribal chief |