- anger against a common enemy (idiom); joined in opposition to the same adversary
- to enlarge; to amplify; to magnify
- Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four
- overture
- to gamble
- Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
- Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four
- to hear (news); to listen to
- Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"
- maple (genus Acer)
- Peng Zhen (1902-1997), Chinese communist leader
- to sprinkle; to shed (tears, blood etc); fig. free, unconstrained; to write in a free style
- to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death
- middle-school student; high school student
- tense situation; standoff
- second class; second-rate
- Wang Shifu (fl. 1295-1307), author of Romance of the West Chamber 西廂記|西厢记
- Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
- Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works
- Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊齋志異|聊斋志异[Liao2 zhai1 Zhi4 yi4]
- 明朝 Míng cháo: 明朝 Ming2 chao2: Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)明朝 míng zhāo: 明朝 ming2 zhao1: tomorrow morning; the following morning
- Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]
- Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[Yong3 le4]
- to learn to read; able to read; literate
- to come to power; to hold power; in office
- to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb)
- enemy; CL:個|个[ge4]
- see 姪子|侄子[zhi2 zi5]
- to transmit; to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data); to pass on; to republish (an article from another publication)
- (of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound; whine; moan; wail
- capital; assets; savings; nest egg; (fig.) reputation; laurels (to rest upon); old edition of a book; (tree) trunk
- aside; to the side of
- dangerous; ruthless; treacherous
- autonomous region – a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minorities (five in total: Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Xinjiang and Tibet)
- tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten
- for the past few years