to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])

(used as a surname and in given names)

peaceful

Bi Sheng (990-1051), inventor of movable type

Han Seung-soo (1936-), South Korean diplomat and politician, prime minister 2008-2009

(idiom) the whole world is at peace

(lit.) to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom); (fig.) to make a show of happiness and prosperity

lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east; fig. at sunset