- rapid; speedy; fast
- to make every effort to; striving to do one's best
- during the current year
- the end of a term or semester (in school)
- sophisticated; advanced (technology etc); meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc)
- natural sciences
- to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on
- even now; until now; right up to the present
- sectarianism
- more or less
- preconceived idea; bias; prejudice
- need not
- authority; power over others
- to establish; to build
- scientific knowledge
- cultural heritage
- ancient; old; age-old
- new; newborn; emerging; nascent; rebirth; regeneration; new life; new student
- lit. to fly upwards swiftly; fig. rapid advance; rapidly developing (situation)
- bottom of one's heart
- shout; rallying cry; cheering; to shout
- to throb; to pulse; to bounce; to jiggle; to jump about
- pulse (both medical and figurative)
- 振兴 Zhèn xīng: 振兴 Zhen4 xing1: see 振興區|振兴区[Zhen4 xing1 Qu1]振兴 zhèn xīng: 振兴 zhen4 xing1: to revive; to revitalize; to invigorate; to re-energize
- to be in (some state, position, or condition)
- after the war; postwar
- 冷战 Lěng zhàn: 冷战 Leng3 zhan4: (US-Soviet) Cold War冷战 lěng zhàn: 冷战 leng3 zhan4: cold war; (fig.) strained relationship; to be barely on speaking terms冷战 lěng zhan: 冷战 leng3 zhan5: (coll.) shiver; shudder
- to clear up; to tidy up; to dispose of
- hegemon; tyrant; lord; feudal chief; to rule by force; to usurp; (in modern advertising) master
- Four Asian Tigers; East Asian Tigers; Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong)
- to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc); to get rid of; to break away (from); to break out (of); to free oneself from; to extricate oneself
- predicament; plight
- to rise into the ranks of; to be among (the best); to get into (an industry, trade etc)
- 强国 Qiáng gúo: 强国 Qiang2 guo2: (ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage)强国 qiáng gúo: 强国 qiang2 guo2: powerful country; great power
- successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties
- ruler
- thus; so; like that; you; thou