- duchy; dukedom; principality
- dying; at one's last gasp
- tearful; tearfully
- to beg; to beseech; to entreat; entreaty
- on one's deathbed; at the point of death
- to think of; to long for; to miss
- to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult
- wife's father, father-in-law
- (so as) to avoid; to prevent; (just) in case
- to invade; invasion
- to station or garrison troops; garrison
- to mobilize; mobilization; CL:次[ci4]
- creditor
- constrained; restricted; forced to; under pressure to do sth
- 宁 zhù: 宁 zhu4: to store; to stand; space between the door and the entrance screen宁 Níng: 宁 Ning2: abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]; surname Ning宁 níng: 宁 ning2: peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)宁 nìng: 宁 ning4: would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]
- 法式 fǎ shì: 法式 fa3 shi4: rule; method; model法式 Fǎ shì: 法式 Fa3 shi4: French-style
- just now; a moment ago
- not paying attention; carelessly; by accident
- to expropriate; to commandeer
- necessity; essential (thing)
- luster; splendor; radiance; brilliance
- treaty; pact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- control (as in "to win control")
- to be on foot
- a refuge; a haven; a sanctuary
- a mob of people
- regime; political power
- divine right (of kings)
- form of government; system of government
- to fill up; to stuff; to fill in a blank space
- (physics) vacuum; (fig.) vacuum; (slang) to not wear underwear
- reform; CL:次[ci4],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]; to reform
- expression of opinion; views; remarks; arguments
- bonfire
- ruins
- qualifications; seniority