- business world; business community
- banking circles; the world of finance
- Jiangsu Province, capital Nanjing 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4] (short name 蘇|苏[Su1])
- an association; a society; CL:個|个[ge4],家[jia1]
- criminal underworld; organized crime syndicate
- crack; gap between two objects; gap in time between two events
- 大王 dà wáng: 大王 da4 wang2: king; magnate; person having expert skill in something大王 dài wang: 大王 dai4 wang5: robber baron (in opera, old stories); magnate
- the whole province
- to check and balance (power); checks and balances
- to found; to create
- to invade China (referring to 19th century imperialist powers and Japan)
- one stumble, unable to rise (idiom); a setback leading to total collapse; ruined at a stroke; unable to recover after a minor hitch
- to rely on; to depend on
- to live one's life; to make a living
- rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse; deteriorating day by day
- gradually; one by one
- to resolve; to decompose; to break down
- mainstay; cornerstone; tower of strength
- 夹 jiā: 夹 jia1: to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jia2]夹 jià: 夹 jia4: Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]夹 jiá: 夹 jia2: double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)夹 gā: 夹 ga1: used in 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]
- to work out; to formulate
- to intensify
- firm; secure
- miracle; wonder; marvel
- hot spot; point of special interest
- importance
- to open up; to set up; to establish
- groundbreaking
- to make headway; to make progress