- preparations; to get ready for sth
- to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
- to cast (pour metal into a mold)
- to appoint
- to establish; to set up; to found
- head office; general office; central office
- 创 chuāng: 创 chuang1: (bound form) a wound; to wound创 chuàng: 创 chuang4: to initiate; to create; to achieve (sth for the first time)
- officer (military)
- the civil service system; the bureaucratic system
- to attack; to accuse; to charge; an attack (terrorist or military)
- military leadership; military power
- to weaken; to impair; to cripple
- to try out; to test
- judicial; (administration of) justice
- a trial; to try sb
- (of an emperor) to pass away
- first year of an emperor's reign; first year of an era; first year of a significant time period
- to carry; to take along; to bring along; to hold (hands); also pr. [xi1]
- Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty
- to take office; to assume a post
- (government) cabinet
- Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党; same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙
- (bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
- to issue; to proclaim; to enact (laws, decrees etc)
- England
- lawful; legitimate; legal
- to swear the oath of office