- to put into practice; to carry out (idiom)
- 将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- according to; in accordance with; on the basis of
- fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- axis; (bicycle) bottom bracket
- front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
- 后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- before; formerly; previous; ago
- the late Qing; late 19th and early 20th century China
- an era; an age; a generation
- seventeen; 17
- to differentiate; to draw a distinction; to divide into categories
- standard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard; good; correct; conforming to a standard
- simple; not complicated
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison
- old-fashioned; out of date; obsolete; antiquated
- to become; to turn into
- pioneer
- here
- 说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- initial stage; beginning period
- Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
- educated youth (esp. those sent to work in rural areas during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 知識青年|知识青年[zhi1 shi5 qing1 nian2])
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate
- college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4]); (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
- to pass a university entrance exam
- grade 3; third class; category C
- university student; college student
- they; them
- to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- general mood; atmosphere; common practice
- 师 Shī: 师 Shi1: surname Shi师 shī: 师 shi1: teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops
- end of the century
- thought; thinking; idea; ideology; CL:個|个[ge4]