- perhaps; maybe
- suitable; fitting; appropriate
- opportunity; opportune moment
- to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
- (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
- Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese scientist and aeronautical engineer
- 钱 qián: 钱 qian2: coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]钱 Qián: 钱 Qian2: surname Qian
- doctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade; (old) court academician
- huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
- 冯 Féng: 冯 Feng2: surname Feng冯 píng: 冯 ping2: to gallop; to assist; to attack; to wade; great
- Carmen (name); Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美[Mei2 li3 mei3]
- 马 Mǎ: 马 Ma3: surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]马 mǎ: 马 ma3: horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- 利 lì: 利 li4: sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit利 Lì: 利 Li4: surname Li
- 纳 nà: 纳 na4: to receive; to accept; to enjoy; to bring into; to pay (tax etc); nano- (one billionth); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing纳 Nà: 纳 Na4: surname Na
- common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative
- to establish; to set up; to found
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech); abbr. for 加利福尼亞理工學院|加利福尼亚理工学院
- Guggenheim (name)
- space flight
- to be located at; to be situated at; to lie
- famous; celebrated
- to spurt steam (or air etc)
- to impel; to carry forward; to push on; to advance; to drive forward
- forerunner; predecessor; precursor; previous incarnation (Buddhism); jacket front
- professor; to instruct; to lecture on; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- United States; USA; US
- rocket; CL:枚[mei2]
- research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into
- to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- considerably; much; quite a bit
- period; phase; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to return to
- China
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 以 Yǐ: 以 Yi3: abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]以 yǐ: 以 yi3: to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- groundless; baseless
- charge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- to arrest; to apprehend; to take into custody; Taiwan pr. [dai3bu3]
- 过去 gùo qù: 过去 guo4 qu4: (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by过去 gùo qu: 过去 guo4 qu5: (verb suffix)
- twenty; 20