- to control
- gun barrel
- see 命根[ming4 gen1]
- military affairs; (attributive) military
- out of the question; pointless to discuss it
- to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
- New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
- armed forces; troops; CL:支[zhi1]
- to leave office; to leave one's post
- to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect
- thought; idea; intention
- to hide; to conceal
- ambition; wild schemes; careerism
- son born of a concubine; disaster; sin; evil
- forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031; cf 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], Xinhai Revolution of 1911
- to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime
- -ism; ideology
- moral character
- not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- noble; lofty; refined; exquisite
- character
- to accept; to adopt
- (various things) such as; such as (the following)
- base; mean; contemptible; despicable
- to harm; to jeopardize; to endanger; harmful effect; damage
- young; underage
- 载 zài: 载 zai4: to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously载 zǎi: 载 zai3: to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; year
- rainy; place name in Shaanxi; Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西|陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水[Wei4 Shui3]
- regent
- power; authority
- legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- 密 Mì: 密 Mi4: surname Mi; name of an ancient state密 mì: 密 mi4: dense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential; (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM
- imperial order
- 间 jiān: 间 jian1: between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms间 jiàn: 间 jian4: gap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent
- 隆 Lóng: 隆 Long2: surname Long; short for 吉隆坡[Ji2 long2 po1], Kuala Lumpur隆 lōng: 隆 long1: sound of drums隆 lóng: 隆 long2: grand; intense; prosperous; to swell; to bulge
- abundant
- empress; imperial consort
- to block; to prevent by force
- childhood
- hurry; fast; suddenly