- to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson; CL:番[fan1],頓|顿[dun4]
- to believe firmly; without any doubt
- to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- 强 Qiáng: 强 Qiang2: surname Qiang强 jiàng: 强 jiang4: stubborn; unyielding强 qiáng: 强 qiang2: strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]强 qiǎng: 强 qiang3: to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort
- (bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 经 Jīng: 经 Jing1: surname Jing经 jīng: 经 jing1: classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
- to approve; to ratify
- to appoint; (job) appointment; CL:紙|纸[zhi3]
- 新建 Xīn jiàn: 新建 Xin1 jian4: see 新建區|新建区[Xin1 jian4 Qu1]新建 xīn jiàn: 新建 xin1 jian4: new construction; newly built
- army; ground forces
- to oversee; to supervise; superintendent
- creator; founder; initiator
- the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind
- hardships; arduous; difficult
- a torment; a trial; tribulation; a cross (to bear); well-tried
- gradually
- subtle way of thinking (idiom); hard to fathom; deep and shrewd
- human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn
- experienced; sophisticated; worldly-wise
- can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take; flexible
- now; this moment
- undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- lit. like the sun at noon (idiom); fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc
- pros and cons; advantages and disadvantages; gains and losses
- (in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
- Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口)
- small town; village
- due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because
- Europe and America; the West
- sign; mark; symbol; to mark up; (computing) token
- domain; territory
- one and only (idiom); rarely seen; unique of its kind
- to pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase
- the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
- group; bloc; corporation; conglomerate
- political arena
- prologue