- honored guest; distinguished guest; VIP
- title; rank; appellation
- majestic; awe-inspiring presence; impressive power
- to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
- to be interested
- Defense Department; Ministry of National Defense
- to hold power; in office
- totally different
- amiable and approachable (idiom); easygoing; modest and unassuming; (of writing) plain and simple; easy to understand
- to deal with concrete matters; pragmatic
- false; hypocritical; artificial; sham
- transparency; (policy of) openness
- to be disgusted with; to dislike; bad reaction; antipathy
- bureaucracy
- the Pentagon
- to mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise; to initiate (legal proceedings)
- to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
- there are plenty of such people
- (idiom) thank goodness
- (military) active duty; (sports) currently active (player, athlete etc)
- wartime
- at set dates; at regular intervals; periodic; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term
- to meet with (sb who is paying a visit); CL:次[ci4]
- to get well; to heal; to recuperate; to convalesce; convalescence; to nurse
- seriously injured
- human warmth; friendliness; human touch
- to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc)
- burial; funeral
- clear; distinct
- to describe; description
- (military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops
- considerate (of other people's needs)
- body and mind; mental and physical
- army; ground forces
- 勒 lè: 勒 le4: (literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force; (literary) to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc); (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1])勒 lēi: 勒 lei1: to strap tightly; to bind
- brand new
- ribbon (as a decoration); cordon (diagonal belt worn as a sign of office or honor)
- golden; gold (color)
- armband; armlet; shoulder emblem