| 结发 | jie2 fa4 | (in former times) to bind one's hair on coming of age |
| 未亡人 | wei4 wang2 ren2 | relict |
| 清史稿 | qing1 shi3 gao3 | Truncated - click through for definition |
| 烽燧 | feng1 sui4 | fig. times of war |
| 列子 | lie4 zi3 | Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國战国 |
| 居安思危 | ju1 an1 si1 wei1 | to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom) |
| 年头儿 | nian2 tou2 er2 | era |
| 与时俱进 | yu3 shi2 ju1 jin4 | timely |
| 古今中外 | gu3 jin1 zhong1 wai4 | at all times and in all places (idiom) |
| 应景 | ying4 jing3 | seasonal |
| 洛阳市 | luo4 yang2 shi4 | Luoyang prefecture level city in Henan, an old capital from pre-Han times |
| 竹简 | zhu2 jian3 | bamboo writing slips in ancient times (joined together to form whole scrolls) |
| 金融时报 | jin1 rong2 shi2 bao4 | Financial Times |