- Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书
- important minister; major figure in government
- official who dares speak frankly before the emperor
- Publicity Department of the CCP (abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會宣傳部|中国共产党中央委员会宣传部[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3 Zhong1 yang1 Wei3 yuan2 hui4 Xuan1 chuan2 bu4])
- Hai Rui (1514-1587), Ming politician, famous for honesty and integrity
- to comment on; commentary
- border area; borderland; frontier; frontier region
- to grow (usually of abstract things); to yield; to develop
- not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- to dilute
- peasant; farmer
- to concede; to give in; to yield; a concession; (linguistics) concessive
- wasteful; extravagant
- extravagant
- chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
- pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb
- repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return
- to advise; to urge; to exhort; exhortation; advice; CL:席[xi2]
- 危 Wēi: 危 Wei1: surname Wei危 wēi: 危 wei1: danger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. [wei2]
- the Sui dynasty (581–617 AD); surname Sui
- bronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror; sth that serves as a warning or a lesson; to examine; to scrutinize
- staggering; shocking; frightened
- Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies
- (idiom) to waste both manpower and resources
- Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
- to criticize; criticism; CL:次[ci4],番[fan1]
- before this; before then; previously
- to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide
- to take sb to the hospital
- to die
- rich; wealthy; affluent; to be rich in; to be replete with
- to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished
- morale
- to have both (at the same time)
- price; cost; consideration (in share dealing)
- crazy; frenzied; wild
- altar
- offering