- dictatorship
- to say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word
- powerful
- to suppress; to beat down
- slab; (geology) tectonic plate; (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry); (economic) bloc
- to insert; to embed
- 累 lèi: 累 lei4: tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard累 lěi: 累 lei3: to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeated累 léi: 累 lei2: rope; to bind together; to twist around
- dog; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- the rear; far behind the front line
- 索 sǔo: 索 suo3: to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated索 Sǔo: 索 Suo3: surname Suo; abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia
- pay and provisions for soldiers
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation); below the foot
- to advise
- 察 Chá: 察 Cha2: short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3]察 chá: 察 cha2: to examine; to inquire; to observe; to inspect; to look into; obvious; clearly evident
- ambition; resolve; backbone; drive; spirit
- to be full to overflowing; to be brimming over with
- tone; manner of speaking; mood; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to exaggerate
- to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
- incautious; inattentive
- to instigate; to ruin; to destroy
- to give sb a word of advice; advice; counsel; a wise word
- to reduce troop numbers; disarmament
- to expose; to show; also pr. [lou4 chu1]
- features, face (esp. derogatorily); look; appearance; countenance
- to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment
- soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad
- to charge; to assault; assault
- unable to tolerate; intolerant; unable to bear sth
- to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
- this or that very day; in the next few days
- to discard; to eliminate
- 计 jì: 计 ji4: to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge计 Jì: 计 Ji4: surname Ji
- lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains; give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
- ultimatum
- no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation
- not to discard anything, whether small or big (idiom); all-embracing
- to put about (a story, plan, threat etc); to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story); to threaten