- to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties); Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
- native person (of a country)
- privately; secretly; behind closed doors
- frequent
- hot potato; problem; trouble; headache
- straw mat; thatch
- situation; state (of affairs)
- to flicker; to flash on and off; to brighten and fade
- on the edge of; (fig.) on the verge of; close to
- father's maternal uncle; granduncle
- (bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. [ji1]
- to bribe
- to condense; to coagulate; coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets); aggregation; coherent
- 范 fàn: 范 fan4: pattern; model; example范 Fàn: 范 Fan4: surname Fan
- to look forward to sth; to wait respectfully
- Arab; Arabian; Arabian people
- adopted son; foster son
- public security authorities, acronym from 公安局[gong1 an1 ju2], 檢察院|检察院[jian3 cha2 yuan4] and 法院[fa3 yuan4]
- to recruit; to enlist
- to assemble; to gather
- Kabul, capital of Afghanistan
- to cross swords; to have a confrontation (with sb)
- another day; some other day
- delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite
- definite; conclusive; undeniable; authentic; also pr. [que4 zuo4]
- to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve
- (military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops
- other half; (fig.) spouse; one's better half
- to put
- to move about; to go from place to place; roving; mobile
- to follow the path to one's own doom (idiom); to bring about one's own destruction
- (idiom) uneven (surface); bumpy (road)
- hole; pit; pothole
- suitable; appropriate