- to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend; to elect; to choose; (weightlifting) to (clean and) press
- stand-in; substitute; body double; stuntman; scapegoat; fall guy; to stand in for sb else
- to crowd out; to push aside; to supplant
- to resume a post
- affected; artificial
- substance; essence
- person in charge
- secondly; the other (usu. of two); the second
- to treat as; to regard as; to look upon as
- sovereignty
- conservatism
- to answer; to reply; to handle; to deal with; response
- the current situation
- impoverished; lacking; deficient; limited; meager; impoverishment; lack; deficiency
- (of skin etc) smooth; satiny; delicate; (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) finely detailed; subtle; exquisite; meticulous
- (has been) replaced with; (its) place has been taken by
- the whole year; all year long
- four of a kind; quads (poker)
- 阎 Yán: 阎 Yan2: surname Yan (sometimes written 閆|闫[Yan2] in recent years)阎 yán: 阎 yan2: (literary) the gate of a lane
- Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
- war; to wage war
- to enter a pass; to go through customs
- Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution
- in succession; following closely
- to issue; to promulgate; to award
- a form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion
- to act independently; to be autonomous; to be in control of one's own affairs
- to quote; to cite
- Xikou or Hsikou Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
- home town; native place
- see 樂亭縣|乐亭县[Lao4 ting2 Xian4]
- very late at night
- to worry; to concern oneself with; worried; anxiety; sorrow; (literary) to observe mourning
- to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
- affairs of the nation; politics
- eighteen; 18
- to stay for a while; to sojourn
- brilliant; glorious