- superiority; dominance; advantage
- nationals; citizens; people of a nation
- guild; professional or trade association
- the populace; the masses; the common people
- to gather; assembly; meeting; CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]
- to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
- what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- imaginary; illusory
- (lit.) froth and shadows; (fig.) illusion; mirage
- 罢了 bà liǎo: 罢了 ba4 liao3: a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)罢了 bà le: 罢了 ba4 le5: a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
- to spend money
- extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful; wasteful
- to sincerely believe
- republic; republicanism
- nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- lord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocrat; aristocracy
- lucrative job; cushy job
- majestic; sublime
- an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect
- 挣 zhēng: 挣 zheng1: used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]挣 zhèng: 挣 zheng4: to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
- to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- to require; to need; to want; necessity; need
- to apply for sth; application form (CL:份[fen4])
- 大学 dà xué: 大学 da4 xue2: university; college; CL:所[suo3]大学 Dà xué: 大学 Da4 xue2: the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism
- a person's preferences; tastes (in food); flavor
- innate talent; gift; flair; native resource; dowry
- health status
- worrying; bleak
- brave; courageous
- to set foot on; to step on or into
- very long; endless
- to supervise; to control
- journey; trip
- bard; poet
- hard to endure; unbearable
- idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint; CL:點|点[dian3],條|条[tiao2]
- often; frequently
- arrogant and obstinate (idiom); unyielding
- many years ago; in the past; in one's early years
- passion; fervor; enthusiasm; strong emotion
- head of state
- until; (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止)
- to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away
- financial affairs; finance
- difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation
- anxious; worried; apprehensive
- to lose; to put aside; to throw
- to prevail over; to defeat; to surmount