- to drain (by leading off water); to unburden oneself; to divulge; to leak a secret
- sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse
- to stop; to halt
- to make headway; to make progress
- good; favorable; well; fine
- born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot
- lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom); fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience; to cast pearls before swine; caviar to the general; to preach to deaf ears; to talk over sb's head
- valley floor; (fig.) lowest ebb; all-time low
- to rise rapidly; to soar
- (finance) to crash; to collapse; crash
- to approach; to get close to
- to form; to make up; to constitute
- shantytown
- staff; crew; personnel; CL:個|个[ge4]
- whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national
- in all parts of (a country); various regions
- to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
- disaster relief
- dining hall; cafeteria; CL:個|个[ge4],間|间[jian1]
- to lighten; to ease; to alleviate
- hunger; starvation; famine
- suffering
- the capitalist class; the bourgeoisie
- coalition government
- statesman; politician; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- to sign (an agreement)
- urgent; emergency
- decree; ordinance
- to hold power; in office
- socialism
- Workers' Party (Singapore opposition party)
- to diminish; to demote; to reduce or devaluate; to disparage; to censure; to depreciate
- Nazi Party; Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) (1919-1945)
- a vote; ballot; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- second; number two; next; secondary
- member (of a legislative body); representative
- number of people
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer
- the populace; the masses; the common people
- to call; to appeal
- power; influence; a force (military, political etc)
- violence; force; violent