to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound

near / close to / approximately

barely / only / merely

surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)

gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音

now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)

lapel / overlap of Chinese gown / fig. bosom (the seat of emotions) / to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom

brocade / embroidered work / bright

to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to

to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely

tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten

strength / energy / enthusiasm / spirit / mood / expression / interest / CL: 把 / Taiwan pr. [jing4]

to endure

to prohibit / to forbid

surname Jin / the Jin Dynasties (265-420) / Western Jin 西晉｜西晋 (265-316), Eastern Jin 東晉｜东晋 (317-420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936-946) / short name for Shanxi province 山西

to move forward / to promote / to advance

abbr. for Tianjin 天津

saliva / sweat / a ferry crossing / a ford (river crossing)

surname Yi / alternative name for 絳｜绛 capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)

brilliancy (of gems)

surname Jin

martingale / stingy

Jin'an district of Fuzhou city 福州市, Fujian

Demigods and Semidevils, wuxia novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its TV and screen adaptations

cautious / careful / solemnly / sincerely (formal)

ashes / embers

Jing-Jin-Ji (Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province)

Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals / translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學｜形而上学)

catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g

thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter

Yongjia county in Wenzhou 溫州｜温州, Zhejiang / reign name 307-313 of Jin Emperor Huai 晉懷帝｜晋怀帝

an old name for Nanjing, called Jiankang 建康 or Jianye during the Eastern Jin (317-420)

capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)

Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties

Legend of the Condor Heroes, wuxia (武俠｜武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations

towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50

clay / old variant of 僅｜仅 / violet (plant)

Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠｜武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations

Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty

to immerse / to soak / to steep / gradually

muscle / tendon / veins visible under the skin / sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)

Jin'an district of Fuzhou city 福州市, Fujian

Hibiscus syriacus / transient

Toktoghan (1314-1355), Mongol politician during the Yuan dynasty, prime minister until 1345, compiled three dynastic histories of Song 宋史, Liao 遼史｜辽史 and Jin 金史 / also written Tuoketuo 托克托

Jin'an district of Lu'an city 六安市, Anhui

Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet

Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420

Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖｜书圣

Jinzhou county-level city in Hebei / Jin Prefecture, established under the Northern Wei dynasty, centered on present-day Linfen 臨汾市｜临汾市 in Shanxi

to boast / to esteem / to sympathize

Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties / generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui

same as 舊唐書｜旧唐书, History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫｜刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉｜后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls

History of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Fang Xuanling 房玄齡｜房玄龄 in 648 during Tang Dynasty 唐朝, 130 scrolls

red silk

Western Jin dynasty (265-316)

Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晉｜西晋 (265-316) / Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 東晉｜东晋 (317-420)

Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金｜后金 and Qing Dynasty

Ximen Qing, a fictional character in the novels "Jin Ping Mei" 金瓶梅 and "Water Margin" 水滸傳｜水浒传

Liao and Jin dynasties, namely: Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125) and Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)

Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金｜后金 from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty

In Search of the Supernatural, compilation of legends about spirits, ghosts and other supernatural phenomena, written and compiled by 干寶｜干宝 in Jin dynasty

collar / belt / variant of 襟

History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫｜刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉｜后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls

Chen Shou (233-297), Western Jin dynasty 西晉｜西晋 historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三國志｜三国志

Gu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家

wife of mother's brother

Jin county in Liaoning

old variant of 浸

Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs

army (used during the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties)

Qi Xi (c. 620-550 BC), minister of Jin state 晉國｜晋国 of the Spring and Autumn states

Hong Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤｜努尔哈赤, reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金｜后金, then founded the Qing dynasty 大清 and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor / posthumous name 清太宗

Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋｜刘宋, broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wu of Song 宋武帝

Jin Dynasty (265-420)

Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs

the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公｜齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公｜晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王｜楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭｜吴王阖闾 and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐｜越王勾践

Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-) / Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as Qing dynasty in 1644

Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金｜后金 (from 1616)

jade-like stone

(history) to have an audience with the Emperor

Wang Dao (276-339), powerful official of Jin dynasty and brother of general Wang Dun 王敦, regent of Jin from 325

Fang Xuanling (579-648), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Jin dynasty 晉書｜晋书

Arthraxon ciliare / loyal

Jin Dynasty (265-420)

Yuan Haowen (1190-1257), famous poet Northern China during the Jin-Yuan transition

Flower in the sea of evil, late Qing novel by Jin Tianhe 金天翮

careful / hut / variant of 僅｜仅

(literary) jade-like stone

Liu Yuan (c. 251-310), warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉｜西晋, founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢｜成汉 (304-347)

Sima Yan (236-290), founding emperor of Jin dynasty 晉｜晋 after the Three Kingdoms period, reigned 265-290 as Emperor Wu of Jin 晉武帝｜晋武帝

Ge Hong (283-363), Jin dynasty Daoist and alchemist, author of 抱樸子｜抱朴子

Later Jin of the Five Dynasties (936-946)

time of famine or crop failure

Ba Jin (1904-2005), novelist, author of the trilogy 家春秋

river in Hubei province

Duke Wen of Jin (697-628 BC, reigned 636-628 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸

water / name of a river

a kind of jade

farewell presents

nuptial wine cup