- dictator; autocrat
- to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute
- to become civilized; to be open-minded; (of ice) to thaw
- absolutism; despotism; autocracy
- conservatism
- to elect; election; CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4]
- reform; CL:次[ci4],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]; to reform
- legal code; statute
- system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic
- to order; to command; an order; a command; an instruction
- imperial edict; see also 上諭|上谕[shang4 yu4]
- argumentation
- jurist; member of the pre-Han legalist school
- 切 qiè: 切 qie4: definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)切 qiē: 切 qie1: to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangential
- sentence; penalty; punishment
- to be on the throne; to reign; to hold a particular leadership position
- plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill; CL:個|个[ge4],套[tao4]
- cruelty; torture
- 法制 fǎ zhì: 法制 fa3 zhi4: legal system and institutions法制 Fǎ zhì: 法制 Fa3 zhi4: made in France
- practical; workable; to implement; to carry out; to decide
- magnanimous; generous; broad-minded
- highly effective; fruitful
- to rebuild; to reconstruct; to reestablish
- west side; west
- to prevent; to block
- feudal society
- several million
- serf
- south; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
- to untie; to free; to absolve of; to get free of; to extirpate oneself; (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries
- to fall head over heels in love; to be passionately in love
- to tend towards
- flat; dull; ordinary; nothing special
- vexed; distressed
- rib; CL:根[gen1]
- pain; (of a body part) to be painful; to be sore; to hurt; (of a person) to be in pain
- trite; clichéd; empty and trite; banality; platitude
- swaying; wobbling
- spare part; component
- bridegroom; groom
- illustrious; celebrated