- destructive; harmful; damaging
- to fail; to lose effectiveness
- to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
- when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers; When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.
- one's native country; native; local; metropolitan territory
- to sound a bell; to raise the alarm
- knell
- violence; force; violent
- dying
- core (of a fruit); (fig.) the essence (of a concept or doctrine etc); (geology) inner core; (computing) kernel
- (of a contract) binding (law)
- to fall into disuse (of laws, customs etc); to neglect
- to expose; to unmask; to ferret out; to disclose; disclosure
- 凶残 xīong cán: 凶残 xiong1 can2: savage; cruel; fierce凶残 xīong cán: 凶残 xiong1 can2: savage
- to keep in mind constantly (idiom)
- to resent; to harbor a grudge against; to loathe; resentment; rancor
- willing (to do sth); to take pleasure in
- expeditionary force; army on a distant expedition
- to land; to come ashore; to make landfall (of typhoon etc)
- suburbs; outskirts
- to form; to make up; to constitute
- to resist; resistance
- to loathe; to despise; contempt
- military strength; armed forces; troops
- inland; interior
- safe; secure; safety; security
- zone; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to sink down to; to be reduced to (sth inferior)
- puppet state; puppet regime
- Ankara, capital of Turkey
- provisional government
- progressively; step by step
- Persian Gulf
- coastal area
- vast
- armed rebellion
- civil war
- deep water and scorching fire; abyss of suffering (idiom)
- to come to a decision; to fix on (a date etc); to determine; to finalize; to nail down (a deal etc)
- 色 shǎi: 色 shai3: (coll.) color; used in 色子[shai3 zi5]色 sè: 色 se4: color; CL:種|种[zhong3]; look; appearance; sex