- outbreak of war; opening of hostilities
- misgivings; apprehensions; to worry about; to be concerned about
- anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious
- 绍 Shào: 绍 Shao4: surname Shao绍 shào: 绍 shao4: to continue; to carry on
- to learn of (an event); to hear about (sth)
- to set out on a journey
- flag signals (for communicating between ships or army units); semaphore
- front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- negative; the negative side
- in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day
- to raise; to hoist; to rise
- white flag
- 红旗 hóng qí: 红旗 hong2 qi2: red flag; CL:面[mian4]红旗 Hóng qí: 红旗 Hong2 qi2: see 紅旗區|红旗区[Hong2 qi2 Qu1]
- the pro-war faction; hawks
- mainstay; cornerstone; tower of strength
- 翁 wēng: 翁 weng1: elderly man; father; father-in-law; neck feathers of a bird (old)翁 Wēng: 翁 Weng1: surname Weng
- to exchange; to replace; to substitute for; to switch
- the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
- to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
- to uphold peace
- to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency)
- that's all; nothing more
- system; setup; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- oligarch
- group; bloc; corporation; conglomerate
- to control
- department; branch; section; division; CL:個|个[ge4]
- traditionalist; moralist; champion (of a cause)
- trials and tribulations; ups and downs
- to exist; to be; existence
- influence; impact
- only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...
- barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more)
- to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
- to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success)
- to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national
- 土地 tǔ di: 土地 tu3 di5: local god; genius loci土地 tǔ dì: 土地 tu3 di4: land; soil; territory; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
- guardian
- large and small; size; adults and children; consideration of seniority; at any rate
- overwhelming majority