| 红楼梦 | hong2 lou2 meng4 | Dream of the Red Chamber |
| 山海关 | shan1 hai3 guan1 | shanhaikwan |
| 昌黎 | chang1 li2 | Changli county in Qinhuangdao 秦皇島秦皇岛[Qin2 huang2 dao3], Hebei |
| 北戴河 | bei3 dai4 he2 | Beidaihe district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei |
| 吖嗪 | a1 qin2 | Truncated - click through for definition |
| 值勤 | zhi2 qin2 | variant of 執勤执勤[zhi2 qin2] |
| 秦代 | qin2 dai4 | Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China |
| 廑 | | careful |
| 青龙满族自治县 | qing1 long2 man3 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4 | Qinglong Manchu autonomous county in Qinhuangdao 秦皇島秦皇岛[Qin2 huang2 dao3], Hebei |
| 黄石公 | huang2 shi2 gong1 | Huang Shigong (Qin and early Han), legendary Daoist immortal, author of Three strategies 三略 |
| 续弦 | xu4 xian2 | to remarry (of a widow) |
| 战国策 | zhan4 guo2 ce4 | Stratagems of the Warring States by Han Feizi 韓éžå韩éžå |
| 尉缭 | wei4 liao2 | Truncated - click through for definition |