poetry of the Tang period; Tang poetry
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
ignorant and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate person
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
doctor of Chinese (herbal) medicine
separation of ages; being of a different age
writing (esp. commissioned calligraphy); drawing; painting
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
encyclopedia; Encyclopedie universelle des arts et sciences (Diderot)
dozens; scores of; decades
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)
parting; separation; farewell
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
counter for books; volume
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
actor; actress; player; performer
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
carving; engraving; sculpture
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
image; figure; figure; form; image
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
primary school; elementary school; grade school
nasal discharge; nasal mucus; snot; booger; bogey
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion