- the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
- Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord
- Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of China in 1921
- Cao Kun (1862-1938), one of the Northern Warlords
- for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly
- to assemble; to gather
- troops; subordinates; (honorific appellation for a general)
- ready to start on sth; about to act
- to dominate; to rule; to dictate; master
- future; tomorrow; CL:個|个[ge4]; approaching; coming; pending
- gun barrel
- inside; interior; also pr. [li3 mian5]
- regime; political power
- 语 yù: 语 yu4: (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know语 yǔ: 语 yu3: dialect; language; speech
- absolutely true (idiom); manifold; true from many points of view
- commander
- knight; Sir; (loanword) jazz
- reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908)
- September; ninth month (of the lunar year)
- to visit (a place, e.g. museum or factory); to tour; to look around
- soldier; CL:個|个[ge4]
- ceremony
- 华 Huá: 华 Hua2: abbr. for China华 huá: 华 hua2: magnificent; splendid; flowery华 huā: 华 hua1: flower华 Huà: 华 Hua4: Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi; surname Hua
- entire book; unabridged book
- public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- personally; in person; oneself
- to issue; to grant; to distribute
- the slightest amount or degree; a bit
- to wrongfully withhold part of what is due (to sb); to shortchange; to skim (pay, rations, resources etc)
- detriment; fraud; harm; defeat
- if; in case; suppose; given ...
- to gather; to unite; to unify; whole
- all; each and every; in all cases
- energy efficiency
- vacancy
- soldier's pay
- emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain
- 糜 mí: 糜 mi2: rice gruel; rotten; to waste (money)糜 méi: 糜 mei2: millet糜 Mí: 糜 Mi2: surname Mi
- strong contingent; elite squad
- (exclamatory or interrogative particle)
- (bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble; learned; well-read; (bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士[bo2 shi4]); (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客[bo2 ke4])