- to cut down; to reduce; to lower
- to run away; to take to one's heels
- every place
- to stay for a time; to stop over; to lodge; to sink down (into soft ground); leftovers
- to have spare time; free from work; it's not important; it's nothing; never mind
- to approach; to come closer
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)
- all of a sudden; hurriedly
- Rehe, Qing dynasty province abolished in 1955 and divided among Hebei, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia; refers to the Qing imperial resort at Chengde; see also 避暑山莊|避暑山庄[bi4 shu3 shan1 zhuang1] (history)
- the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861
- to arrest
- mariner; sailor; seaman
- to pluck; to pull off; to pull out; to unplug
- United Kingdom (UK); Britain
- flag (of a country); CL:面[mian4]
- British person; British people
- a mob of people
- foreigner; (esp.) Westerner
- to spring up everywhere; from all around
- (old) foreign firm
- rebels
- Calcutta (India)
- glass; CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4]; (slang) male homosexual
- ticket (for theater, cinema etc)
- to put on display; to exhibit; exhibition; show; CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]
- 笼 lǒng: 笼 long3: to envelop; to cover; (used in 籠子|笼子[long3 zi5]) large box; Taiwan pr. [long2]笼 lóng: 笼 long2: enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket
- to recite poetry
- to agree to and sign (a treaty etc)
- Tianjin municipality (short name 津[Jin1])
- treaty; pact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- man-of-war; naval vessel; warship
- foreigner (Cantonese); Westerner
- harmony; pleased
- prince
- to negotiate in secret; confidential discussions
- non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out; to exterminate; to tear down; to raze
- entrance; to import