code: def chars2gloss(chars):
      
      out = []
      chars = gbk2big5(chars)
      for char in chars:
          tmp = []
          if char in _cd.TLS:
              for entry in _cd.TLS[char]:
                  baxter = _cd.TLS[char][entry]['UNIHAN_GLOSS']
                  if baxter != '?':
                      tmp += [baxter]
          out += [','.join(tmp)]
      return out
docs: Get the TLS basic gloss for a characters.