- Sterculia plantanifolia; coffin
- 礼 Lǐ: 礼 Li3: surname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites礼 lǐ: 礼 li3: gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy
- to form a cabinet
- 郎 láng: 郎 lang2: (arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status; a youth郎 Láng: 郎 Lang2: surname Lang
- palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
- Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bai2 hua4 wen2]
- hegemony; supremacy
- harmless
- to hope for; to look forward to
- just at the time of; honest; upright; (math.) positive value
- (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
- prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
- to invade; invasion
- advocate strongly
- 拓 Tùo: 拓 Tuo4: surname Tuo拓 tà: 拓 ta4: to make a rubbing (e.g. of an inscription)拓 tùo: 拓 tuo4: to expand; to push sth with the hand; to develop; to open up
- 土 tǔ: 土 tu3: earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]土 Tǔ: 土 Tu3: surname Tu; Tu ethnic group
- Foreign Minister
- to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably
- only
- China watcher; an expert on China; an old China hand
- major general; rear admiral; air vice marshal
- Satō (Japanese surname)
- China-Japan
- disaster and happiness
- to ask about; to inquire about
- aspiration; ambition
- (bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue
- brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory)
- base; center; basis; point of departure; starting point; (finance) basis point (abbr. for 基本點|基本点[ji1 ben3 dian3])
- 胥 Xū: 胥 Xu1: surname Xu胥 xū: 胥 xu1: all; assist; to store
- mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling
- your distinguished country
- your distinguished self; your majesty; sire
- to hope; to admire
- why not?; why not do (sth)?
- the tracks of a cart that overturned; (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past
- how (interj. of surprise)