- Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
- to initiate; to start; the start
- special; particular; unusual; extraordinary
- already; since; both... (and...)
- compatriots (literary); fellow countrymen
- to experience for oneself
- rich and powerful
- happy; joyous
- to have a taste of; to sample
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- a member (of an organization)
- taste; flavor; feeling
- today; the present time; now
- to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)
- author; writer
- to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover
- member
- great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous
- difficult; hard; arduous
- delicate; fine; careful; meticulous; painstaking
- to investigate and research; research; investigation
- content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- complete and accurate
- trustworthy
- this; these
- laborious
- all; to have; to possess; to own
- to be concerned about; to care about
- citizen
- (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
- 夫 fú: 夫 fu2: (classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)夫 fū: 夫 fu1: husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)
- (bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父[bo2 fu4]); (computing) (bound form) parent-
- any; whatever; whichever
- victor; winner
- to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- 王 wáng: 王 wang2: king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great王 Wáng: 王 Wang2: surname Wang王 wàng: 王 wang4: (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
- thus; consequently; as a result
- 汤 shāng: 汤 shang1: rushing current汤 tāng: 汤 tang1: soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled汤 Tāng: 汤 Tang1: surname Tang
- 比 bǐ: 比 bi3: to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)比 Bǐ: 比 Bi3: Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- historian
- to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily