- to claim; to state; to proclaim; to assert
- to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime
- stability
- to reduce; to lower; to bring down
- to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
- bright; clear; obvious; forthright; open-minded; bright and cheerful
- third party
- democratically elected
- to accuse; to charge; to indict
- to dispute
- lasting; enduring; persistent; permanent; protracted; endurance; persistence; to last long
- steadily; a steady pace
- as if relieved from a burden (idiom); to have a weight off one's mind
- full; closely packed
- ingenuity; creativity
- to be trapped; to be stranded
- motherland
- righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice
- overall situation; the big picture
- to concede; to give in; to yield; a concession; (linguistics) concessive
- to defend oneself; self-defense; self-preservation
- ideology
- 稍 shào: 稍 shao4: used in 稍息[shao4 xi1]稍 shāo: 稍 shao1: somewhat; a little
- to continue in (a political) office; to serve for another term of office
- prejudice; bias
- everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others; selfish; mercenary
- to engrave in one's memory
- to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
- classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- basic level; grassroots unit; basement layer
- voter; constituency; electorate
- to present as a gift
- military service
- to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade; to update; to regenerate
- a line of verse; a sentence
- Sunday
- to remind; to call attention to; to warn of
- worried too much
- to rest for a bit; to take a breather
- to console; to comfort; to soothe
- to recover; to revert; to return to (good health, normal condition etc)
- mail; post; email
- kindness; benevolence; philanthropy; virtuous intentions
- to approve of; to agree with (an opinion, action etc); to endorse