- fair; impartial
- bitter struggle; hard battle; arduous effort
- at once; on the spot
- to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time)
- eloquent; oratory; rhetoric
- 重点 zhòng diǎn: 重点 zhong4 dian3: important point; main point; focus; key (project etc); to focus on; to put the emphasis on重点 chóng diǎn: 重点 chong2 dian3: to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate
- Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1])
- to take up a challenge; to face an attack and meet it
- 塞 sài: 塞 sai4: (bound form) strategic stronghold塞 sè: 塞 se4: (bound form) to block; to obstruct塞 sāi: 塞 sai1: to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork
- supervisor; foreman; head waiter or waitress
- preconceived idea; bias; prejudice
- 清流 Qīng líu: 清流 Qing1 liu2: see 清流縣|清流县[Qing1 liu2 Xian4]清流 qīng líu: 清流 qing1 liu2: clean flowing water; (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences; scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power
- turbid flow; muddy waters; fig. a contemptible person; fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends
- behind the scenes
- (fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes; hidden hand; (Tw) mechanic; blue-collar worker; manual laborer
- to return in triumph; to return victorious
- to draft (a statement)
- folding notebook; accounts book
- to open up
- to praise; to acclaim; reputation
- measure; step; CL:個|个[ge4]
- lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc); fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
- sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
- to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting
- national defense
- budget
- (idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
- time available
- cheerful; happy; pleasant; delighted
- laughter
- to slip away; to leave secretly
- to add up the total; to figure what sth amounts to; to consider
- a long period of separation
- 京都 Jīng dū: 京都 Jing1 du1: Kyoto (city in Japan)京都 jīng dū: 京都 jing1 du1: capital (of a country)
- excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation
- to exceed; to go beyond; to transcend; to cross over; to jump over
- propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms
- to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross
- to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up
- to compromise; to take the middle road; a trade-off; eclectic