腰金衣紫 | yao1 jin1 yi1 zi3 | in official position |
臣一主二 | chen2 yi1 zhu3 er4 | One has the right to choose the ruler one serves. (å¤è°š ancient proverb) |
臭老九 | chou4 lao3 jiu3 | stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution) |
舍己救人 | she3 ji3 jiu4 ren2 | altruism |
舜帝陵 | shun4 di4 ling2 | several tombs of legendary Emperor Shun, one in Ningyuan county 寧é 縣å®è¿œåŽ¿ in southwest Hunan, another Yuncheng prefecture é‹åŸŽè¿åŸŽ Shanxi |
舜日尧天 | shun4 ri4 yao2 tian1 | sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom) |
舜日尧年 | shun4 ri4 yao2 nian2 | sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom) |
般若波罗密 | bo1 re3 bo1 luo2 mi4 | praja paramita (Sanskrit: supreme wisdom - beginning of the Heart Sutra) |
船到桥头自然直 | chuan2 dao4 qiao2 tou2 zi4 ran2 zhi2 | cf couplet 車到山å‰å¿…有路,船到橋é 自然直车到山å‰å¿…有路,船到桥头自然直 |
艨艟 | meng2 chong1 | ancient leatherclad warship |
良图 | liang2 tu2 | good plan |
色长 | se4 zhang3 | brothel keeper |
芝焚蕙叹 | zhi1 fen2 hui4 tan4 | lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom) |