- 西北 Xī běi: 西北 Xi1 bei3: Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)西北 xī běi: 西北 xi1 bei3: northwest
- to link up; to connect; to join
- at one go; at a stretch; for a period of time; forming a gang
- along the river; the region around the river
- Turkey
- Angola
- imperialism
- to blockade; to seal off; to lock down
- Leningrad, former name (1923–1991) of Russian city Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡[Sheng4 bi3 de2 bao3]
- grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
- human relationship; order; coherence
- (bound form) hero; heroic; outstanding person; prominent; distinguished
- to show initiative; to be a go-getter; to push forward with one's agenda
- extremely (placed after verb or adjective)
- 调 tiáo: 调 tiao2: to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite调 diào: 调 diao4: to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody
- elite (e.g. troops); crack; best quality personnel
- abbr. for Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]; Gan River in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]
- circumstances; situation; terrain; CL:個|个[ge4]
- the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
- steady; stable; stability; to stabilize; to pacify
- balance; equilibrium
- directly related
- to set up an independent regime; to secede; segmentation; division; fragmentation
- next; later; after that
- see 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
- Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)
- central China
- see 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]; see 河南蒙古族自治縣|河南蒙古族自治县[He2 nan2 Meng2 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- Gong county in Henan
- see 漢陽區|汉阳区[Han4 yang2 Qu1]
- north; (classical) to be defeated
- Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
- 东北 Dōng běi: 东北 Dong1 bei3: Northeast China; Manchuria东北 dōng běi: 东北 dong1 bei3: northeast
- see 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
- Yan Xishan (1883-1960), warlord in Shanxi
- see 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]
- old name for district of Hohhot city 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia
- domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth
- from within; therefrom
- (idiom) the benefit reaped by a third party when two sides are locked in a dispute
- Hunan Province, capital Changsha 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4] (short name 湘[Xiang1])