- to celebrate
- Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia
- assist in managing; deputy
- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- at the same time; simultaneously
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- capital of a country
- to set up; to establish
- regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
- now; this moment
- as to; considering; for
- to found; to establish
- at least; (to say the) least
- 也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce
- money; silver
- to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately
- national treasury
- day by day; more and more; increasingly; more and more with each passing day
- impoverished; lacking; deficient; limited; meager; impoverishment; lack; deficiency
- external; foreign; pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)
- reparations; to pay reparations
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- court; imperial household; dynasty
- really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- (idiom) to lack the ability to do what one would wish
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)
- Summer Palace in Beijing
- to build; to construct
- plan; project; program; to plan; to map out; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]
- to stop work; to shut down; to stop production
- still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- (idiom) in an unending stream; continuous
- 地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- 从 Cóng: 从 Cong2: surname Cong从 cóng: 从 cong2: from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- 中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right
- chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); resource; way; means
- 钱 Qián: 钱 Qian2: surname Qian钱 qián: 钱 qian2: coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]
- 供 gòng: 供 gong4: to lay (sacrificial offerings); (bound form) offerings; to confess (Taiwan pr. [gong1]); confession; statement (Taiwan pr. [gong1])供 gōng: 供 gong1: to provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
- his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- to indulge oneself