- to fall; to drop; to decline; to deteriorate; to go downhill
- 埋 mái: 埋 mai2: to bury埋 mán: 埋 man2: used in 埋怨[man2 yuan4]
- foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story)
- tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man
- head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- Caucasus; Caucasian
- to be born
- 土地 tǔ dì: 土地 tu3 di4: land; soil; territory; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]土地 tǔ di: 土地 tu3 di5: local god; genius loci
- Soviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟|苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟[Su1 wei2 ai1 She4 hui4 zhu3 yi4 Gong4 he2 guo2 Lian2 meng2]
- a little bit
- long-term; for a protracted period
- to be situated at; to find oneself at
- international
- NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织[Bei3 Da4 xi1 Yang2 Gong1 yue1 Zu3 zhi1])
- Warsaw Pact, Soviet-led military alliance (1955–1991) (abbr. for 華沙條約組織|华沙条约组织[Hua2 sha1 Tiao2 yue1 Zu3 zhi1])
- ideology
- time; juncture; moment; period of time; CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4]; constantly; always
- world war
- panic; panicky; panic-stricken
- to break up into components; to disintegrate; to collapse; to crumble
- Wilson (name)
- United States; USA; US
- to drag down; to bring down
- personal; oneself
- to know from experience; to learn through experience; to realize; understanding; experience
- 咽 yān: 咽 yan1: throat; pharynx; narrow pass咽 yè: 咽 ye4: to choke (in crying)咽 yàn: 咽 yan4: to swallow
- spittle; saliva
- to cast a glance
- aggressive; truculent; overbearing
- how
- 哟 yō: 哟 yo1: Oh! (interjection indicating slight surprise); also pr. [yao1]哟 yo: 哟 yo5: (sentence-final particle expressing exhortation); (syllable filler in a song)
- Thomas (male name)
- to follow; to accompany
- to be loyal to
- (idiom) to sidestep the question; to answer evasively
- soldier; large army; powerful army; (old) large-scale war
- soldier (from the two components of the 兵 character) (derog.)
- classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
- harm; troubles; CL:個|个[ge4]
- democracy; democratic
- to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither
- 党 Dǎng: 党 Dang3: surname Dang党 dǎng: 党 dang3: party; association; club; society; CL:個|个[ge4]