13 strokes

smear one's mouth with blood of a victim when taking an oath

pool

big, great, vast, wide

water in which rice has been boiled

to stew, simmer

mammoth

(of people and animals) to roll, to roll about, to flop around; especially referring to being restless while lying on a bed

squint at

lucky, auspicious, good omen

bamboo skin

polish

non-glutinous rice

reed, Phragmites communis

furze

toad

to brag

cheat, swindle, lie

domestic animals

prepared for

to jump, to climb over, to leap, to posture

to trample, to step, to walk on the ball of the foot

step on, tread on

horizontal wooden bar in front of a sedan chair

to hurry

drunk

cobalt (Co)

tweezers

a short spear

hoe

grieved

(Cant.) to speak tirelessly

(Cant.) in a rush

(Cant.) to brush, whisk

(Cant.) impatient, restless

rage

to smash or to knock to pieces of the stone, broken

to block

(same as 酗) drunk

weak

light

miserly, thrifty, stingy

used in place and other names

alas!

roar, call out, wail

(Cant.) interrogative particle

used for sound

grave, tomb, cemetery

a raised path between fields, a dike

a maid who accompanies bride to her new home

old woman

young wives

beautiful

unicorn

enough, adequate fully, quite

to wander about, walk along side of

wait for, await, expect, hope

to resent

subjugate, subdue, quell

to pick up with chopsticks

to crush with the hand, press, squeeze, extract

to defy, dare

in opposition

hardwood

column, pillar

pieces of wood

river in Henan province

river in Henan

a river name

sediment, lees, dregs

waters converging to one spot

river in Hebei province

weld, solder

alone

roast

type of jade

a kind of jade

(Cant.) 打甂爐, to instant-boil thin slices of meat and vegetables in a chafing dish at a dining table

a unit of area, thirty mou

paralysis

sores from cold

to die in prison from cold and hunger

to glance at, to peep

to stare straight ahead

room made of stone

suburb

semi-annual ceremony of purification

grain ready for grinding

grain ready for grinding

divination with stalks of plants

kind of thick stiff silk

to hate

insertion point in acupuncture

swell

stern of a vessel

bud

Emilia sonchifolia

clam

to mend clothes

genus of cicada, Cosmopsaltria

tempt

eulogize, praise the dead

brave, fierce, courageous

small badger

leopard

bribe

rent, hire

not progressing

to waddle, to limp

stop

(Cant.) to spoil, ruin

horse carriage (old)