- war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- and; as well as
- after this; afterwards; hereafter
- Paris, capital of France
- treaty; pact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
- all kinds of
- ambition; wild schemes; careerism
- to seize; to capture; to wrest control of
- Malta
- to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- group of islands; archipelago
- 还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return
- almost; nearly; practically
- all; to have; to possess; to own
- colony
- each; every
- sea area; territorial waters; maritime space
- to obtain; to receive; to get
- military affairs; (attributive) military
- 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
- thus; if this happens then
- (commercial) trade; CL:個|个[ge4]
- enormous; great; (math.) maximum
- development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
- to injure; to harm
- 国 Gúo: 国 Guo2: surname Guo国 gúo: 国 guo2: country; nation; state; (bound form) national
- method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability; trick; wile
- for; for the purpose of; in order to
- to establish; to institute
- hegemony; supremacy
- land-based; on land
- 强国 qiáng gúo: 强国 qiang2 guo2: powerful country; great power强国 Qiáng gúo: 强国 Qiang2 guo2: (ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage)
- image; form; figure; CL:個|个[ge4]; visualization; vivid
- imperious; peremptory
- unilateral
- to declare; to announce; to proclaim
- Hanover
- to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
- to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- 为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to
- according to; in accordance with; on the basis of
- idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- to annex
- neighboring; adjacent; near; vicinity
- feudal fiefdom; land held as a vassal in feudal society; enfeoffment