wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)
strategist; tactician; schemer
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
the people; the public; the world
sage; wise man; wise person; buddha; bodhisattva; enlightened priest
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
three times; thrice; third (interval)
intention; personal opinion
high ground; elevation; hill; plateau
building (a temple, palace, etc.); construction; erection
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
grand ceremony; state ceremony; important law; legal canon
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to take great care (in doing); to pay attention; to be careful
complexity; frequency; trouble; traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
to tell (a person's) fortune; to divine; to choose; to settle upon (a place to live); to fix (one's residence)
completion of construction
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
8000; eight thousand; many
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
standing close together; bristling (with)
your honor (honour); his (or her) honor (honour)
besides; moreover; in addition
Xiongnu (ancient Central Asian nomadic people associated with the Huns)
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
benighted lands outside of imperial influence
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
honour; honor; glory; privilege
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
Metal Horse (7th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1930, 1990, 2050)
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
somehow; somewhat; seemingly