- fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe
- 连 lián: 连 lian2: to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even; company (military)连 Lián: 连 Lian2: surname Lian
- ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
- to take an alternate route (idiom); to find an alternative; to take a different approach; to blaze a new trail
- to fulfill (one's obligations); to carry out (a task); to implement (an agreement); to perform
- to entrust
- central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart
- (lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into; (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population); (of hostile forces) to infiltrate; (chemistry) osmosis
- system; setup; CL:個|个[ge4]
- false; hypocritical; artificial; sham
- the self; oneself; self-; (psychology) ego
- to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul
- before this; before then; previously
- there
- social status; price of a slave; price of a person (a sportsman etc); worth; value (of stocks, valuables etc)
- soaring inflation; rocketing prices
- huge investment; vast sum
- to fish up; to dredge up
- to return; to come back
- inside story; non-public information; behind the scenes; internal
- John (name); Johan (name); Johann (name)
- (name) Borg; Bjorn Borg (1956–), Swedish tennis star
- management fee
- saving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on
- 降 xiáng: 降 xiang2: to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame降 jiàng: 降 jiang4: to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend
- victory; CL:個|个[ge4]
- rate; tariff
- under; beneath; less than
- worth seeing; considerable; impressive; significant
- gown (lined)
- strong; forceful
- to take countermeasures against; to hit back; to counter
- element (key component of sth); (chemistry) element; (math.) element (member of a set)
- to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc); to get rid of; to break away (from); to break out (of); to free oneself from; to extricate oneself
- excessively; too
- aggressive and grand (idiom); ambitious; pushy
- lit. to join hands; to act together
- a vote; ballot; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- ordinary; mediocre