- to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)
- accomplice
- the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
- to cut off; to sever
- to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on
- hesitation; misgivings; doubt
- to cleanse; to purge; to wash away
- to conspire with sb; to plot; a conspirator; a partner in crime; an accomplice
- suspicion; to have suspicions
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- to worry; to be concerned
- to lose; to misplace
- committing all manner of crimes; completely unscrupulous
- chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; CL:盤|盘[pan2]; chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
- Hungary
- to see; to catch sight of
- to pass through; via; by way of
- to take office; previous (incumbent); predecessor
- this; these
- 铁 Tiě: 铁 Tie3: surname Tie铁 tiě: 铁 tie3: iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)
- medal; decoration
- suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior
- to have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc)
- portrait (painting, photo etc); (in a general sense) representation of a person; likeness
- to start using; (computing) to enable (a feature)
- to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose
- John (name); Johan (name); Johann (name)
- power; authority
- authority; authoritative; power and prestige
- to have nothing to do; to idle one's time away (idiom)
- bored; fed up with sth; sick of sth
- hometown; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
- an official position; a job in the bureaucracy
- to thank; to be grateful
- 曾 Zēng: 曾 Zeng1: surname Zeng曾 céng: 曾 ceng2: once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)曾 zēng: 曾 zeng1: great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
- 考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to beat; to hit; to inspect; to test; to take an exam考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father
- 省 xǐng: 省 xing3: (bound form) to scrutinize; (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct); (bound form) to come to realize; (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)省 shěng: 省 sheng3: to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)
- allowance
- to bestow a reward; a reward
- only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- lit. to die without illness (idiom); fig. to result in failure (without any outside interference); to come to nothing; to fizzle out
- to question; to quiz; to grill
- conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction