- to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat; measure for measure
- Rectification campaign; political purge; cf Mao's 1942-44 campaign at Yanan, and his 1950 and 1957 anti-rightist purges
- undiscovered traitor; enemy within one's own ranks
- to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
- to extend the scope; to exaggerate
- for no reason at all
- to augment; to supplement; to add
- to be enthralled; to be entranced
- the author takes sole responsibility for the views expressed here (disclaimer)
- the other day; a few days ago
- Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地
- paralyzed
- to follow immediately afterwards; immediately adjacent
- to keep (an animal); to look after the needs of (a person or an animal); (fig.) to keep (a spy, lackey etc) in one's pay
- to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire
- plain; simple; guileless; down-to-earth; sincere and honest
- big; large; great
- to grow; to grow up; to be brought up
- see 每況愈下|每况愈下[mei3 kuang4 yu4 xia4]
- to fantasize; to imagine; an illusion; a fantasy
- to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize
- 正当 zhèng dàng: 正当 zheng4 dang4: honest; reasonable; fair; sensible正当 zhèng dāng: 正当 zheng4 dang1: timely; just (when needed)
- see 阜陽市|阜阳市[Fu4 yang2 Shi4]
- see 榆林市[Yu2 lin2 Shi4]
- to lay out (an argument) item by item; memorandum to a superior
- first batch
- to issue an official written reply (in response to a subordinate's report or request)
- to answer; to respond
- title (position within an organization)
- rude; impertinent
- hidden anguish; secret suffering; (medicine) dull pain
- see 華容縣|华容县[Hua2 rong2 Xian4]; see 華容區|华容区[Hua2 rong2 Qu1]
- see 石首市[Shi2 shou3 Shi4]
- Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province
- safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
- to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ)