| 凌蒙初 |
Líng Méng chū |
Ling Mengchu (1580–1644), Ming dynasty short story writer and playwright |
| 凌 |
Líng |
surname Ling |
| 凌 |
líng |
to approach / to rise high / thick ice / to insult or maltreat |
| 蒙 |
méng |
(literary) sincere; honest; genuine |
| 蒙 |
méng |
drizzle / mist |
| 蒙 |
mēng |
to deceive / to cheat / to hoodwink / to make a wild guess |
| 蒙 |
méng |
blind / dim-sighted |
| 蒙 |
Méng |
surname Meng |
| 蒙 |
Měng |
Mongol ethnic group / abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古国 / Taiwan pr. [Meng2] |
| 蒙 |
mēng |
(knocked) unconscious / dazed / stunned |
| 蒙 |
méng |
to cover / ignorant / to suffer (misfortune) / to receive (a favor) / to cheat |
| 初 |
chū |
(bound form) at first; initially / (bound form) first; early / (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三 "the third" |