- Henry Kissinger (1923–2023), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973–1977
- Strauss (name); Johann Strauss (1825-1899), Austrian composer; Richard Strauss (1864-1949), German composer
- to have an informal discussion; CL:次[ci4]
- vested interest
- rich; plentiful
- playboy
- everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others; selfish; mercenary
- oligarch
- outer space
- counterrevolutionary
- Madison (name); Madison, capital of Wisconsin
- to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul
- to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949; CL:次[ci4]
- totally unaware
- 荷 hè: 荷 he4: to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibility荷 Hé: 荷 He2: Holland; the Netherlands (abbr. for 荷蘭|荷兰[He2 lan2])荷 hé: 荷 he2: lotus
- colonialism
- old road; familiar way; beaten track; conventional behavior
- Jeremy or Jeremiah (name)
- public anger; public outrage
- lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism; attacked on all sides
- unilateral
- whip or lash; to flog; to whip; conductor's baton; segmented iron weapon (old); penis (of animal, served as food)
- to respond to; answer; CL:個|个[ge4]
- handful (of)
- lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom); fig. easily solved
- to withstand; to stand up to
- Korean Peninsula
- to confirm; to corroborate; to verify; proof; evidence
- to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
- far away; a distant location
- court (of king or emperor)
- clown
- eyeball; (fig.) attention
- deranged; erratic
- to regard as
- Montreal, city in Quebec, Canada
- question and answer
- to claim; to insist