以

old variant of 以[yi3]

old variant of 以[yi3]

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)

old variant of 某[mou3]

old variant of 私[si1]

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

not to accept as correct (idiom); to object / to disapprove / to take exception to

in the past always / for a long time now / until now

one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short / in a nutshell

not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers

not to mind / unconcerned

not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself

without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules

don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say

don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say

happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)