- dynasty
- general assembly; general meeting; convention; CL:個|个[ge4],屆|届[jie4]
- living room; sitting room; CL:間|间[jian1]
- medieval; Middle Ages
- gauze
- mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick
- undercurrent
- to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc); turbulent
- (idiom) to attack sb by innuendo; to make insinuations
- to change into; to turn into; to become
- transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
- upper house; senate; senior statesmen's assembly
- to inquire; to consult; to seek advice from
- colleague; coworker
- idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint; CL:點|点[dian3],條|条[tiao2]
- 居 jū: 居 ju1: to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedrooms居 Jū: 居 Ju1: surname Ju居 jī: 居 ji1: (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
- conservative; to guard; to keep
- insane; mad; wild
- 家 jiā: 家 jia1: used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]家 jiā: 家 jia1: home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
- to be grateful
- to cover up; to conceal; to mask; to gloss over
- position; post; job
- Talleyrand (name); Prince Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), French diplomat
- to have nothing to do; to idle one's time away (idiom)
- mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc); CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- false; hypocritical; artificial; sham
- words; speech; utterance; discourse
- abroad; external (affairs); overseas; foreign
- cautious and timid (idiom); prudent; careful
- to endanger; to jeopardize; a danger (to life, national security etc)
- clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about
- domestic and international; at home and abroad
- to succeed to the throne
- to drive a wedge between (allies, partners etc)
- to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
- mastermind; ringleader; lead plotter
- maple (genus Acer)
- red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
- senior figure; doyen; founding member; veteran
- to solicit; to seek; to request (opinions, feedback etc); to petition
- the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)