- lord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocrat; aristocracy
- independent; independence; to stand alone
- sovereignty; dominion; dominance
- soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- insurrection; rebellion
- at set dates; at regular intervals; periodic; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term
- government bond
- very little; very few
- funds; capital
- a single penny; a single cent
- gradually
- to purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization); to acquire or take over (a company or equity); acquisition; takeover
- to annex
- different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- province
- civil and military
- 归 gūi: 归 gui1: to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor归 Gūi: 归 Gui1: surname Gui
- lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
- society
- custom; tradition; local tradition; convention
- race; ethnic group
- to divide up; to partition; to differentiate
- daily renewal, monthly change (idiom); every day sees new developments; rapid progress
- (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
- ancient; old; age-old
- to go on foot; to walk
- to ride a horse
- freight transport; cargo; transported goods
- truck; van; freight wagon
- 车 Chē: 车 Che1: surname Che车 chē: 车 che1: car; vehicle; CL:輛|辆[liang4]; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159车 jū: 车 ju1: war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)
- manpower; labor power
- 背 bēi: 背 bei1: to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)背 bèi: 背 bei4: the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing
- nowadays; now
- Indus River
- Ganges River
- straight line; sharply (rise or fall)
- route; path traveled; distance traveled; course (of development)
- mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)
- 延长 Yán cháng: 延长 Yan2 chang2: see 延長縣|延长县[Yan2 chang2 Xian4]延长 yán cháng: 延长 yan2 chang2: to prolong; to extend; to delay
- one third
- to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
- completely; totally; total; entire; overall; population (statistics)