- to receive; to draw; to get
- federal; federation; commonwealth; federal union; federal state; union
- politics; political
- evil consequence; retribution (in Buddhism)
- secondly; the other (usu. of two); the second
- way of doing sth; the right social connection
- supplemented by; accompanied by; with
- long-term; for a protracted period
- to get a job; employment
- (bound form) sluggish; stagnant
- salary; wage
- administrator; executive secretary
- regeneration through one's own effort (idiom); self-reliance
- republic; republicanism
- democracy; democratic
- improper; inappropriate; unsatisfactory; inadequate
- hand in hand; to join hands; to collaborate
- (bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to
- to wrangle; wrangling
- a two-man saw; fig. to-and-fro between two sides
- mold; type; style; model
- strategy
- to elect; election; CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4]
- official (in an organization or government); administrator
- political party; faction
- to place in; to put in (a position)
- above
- clumsy; botched
- feeling of powerlessness; sense of helplessness
- 涌 chōng: 涌 chong1: (used in place names)涌 yǒng: 涌 yong3: to bubble up; to rush forth
- one's heart; one's mind
- to remain; to be left; to have as remainder
- to sign (an agreement)
- plan of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure; makeshift stratagem; interim step
- to cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc); (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid; (literary) to launch a surprise attack
- behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back
- disorder; chaos
- international
- rating
- sovereignty
- trustworthiness; (commerce) credit; (literary) to trust and appoint
- 下调 xià diào: 下调 xia4 diao4: to demote; to pass down to a lower unit下调 xià tiáo: 下调 xia4 tiao2: to adjust downwards; to lower (prices, wages etc)
- to demote; to relegate; to degrade