- to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint
- to be born
- to resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off; to withstand
- the Great Wall
- in short supply; dire; tense; critical; hard-pressed; important
- 同行 tóng xíng: 同行 tong2 xing2: to journey together同行 tóng háng: 同行 tong2 hang2: person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry
- government affairs
- to negotiate; to talk over
- to report on completion of a mission; debriefing
- details; particulars
- North China
- Ministry of Finance
- to send; to dispatch
- Chahar Province (former province in North China existing from 1912-1936)
- mineral deposit; ore deposit; ore; a mine
- agreement; accord; to reach an agreement
- to consult with; to talk things over; agreement
- to reach (an agreement); to accomplish
- to reorganize (troops etc) and discharge surplus personnel
- sign; indication; mark; indicator
- semiovert; more or less open
- to resign; to quit
- alternately; repeatedly
- to receive
- meals; food
- to try hard to; to strive to
- military supplies
- to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite
- to disturb; to bother; to trouble
- to resign from office; to dismiss from office
- to plead; to claim as an excuse
- unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- odd; queer; strange; fishy
- to cure ills with poison (TCM); to fight evil with evil; set a thief to catch a thief; to fight fire with fire
- frequency; frequently; repetitious
- to fight in one place after another
- to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc); to set up (a rule etc)
- people's government
- to run; to rush about; to be on the go
- to mediate; to bring parties to an agreement
- the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria; also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變|柳条沟事变