- lightning; CL:道[dao4]
- sudden and violent attack; assault; fig. rushed job; concentrated effort to finish a job quickly
- thus; if this happens then
- to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- to pass on a story; to communicate a message
- 德 dé: 德 de2: virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind德 Dé: 德 De2: Germany; German; abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]
- Talleyrand (name); Prince Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), French diplomat
- teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- someone; a certain person; some people; I (self-address after one's surname)
- frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- 和 hé: 和 he2: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
- prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
- (in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
- to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- often; frequently
- to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- this; these
- to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display
- reader
- plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- speculation; to conjecture; to surmise; to speculate
- because; owing to; on account of
- after this; afterwards; hereafter
- fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
- Frenchman; French person
- Vienna, capital of Austria
- Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna
- to live; life; livelihood
- already
- to become
- hard to endure; unbearable
- police; police officer
- extremely
- brutal; vicious; ruthless
- 勒 lè: 勒 le4: (literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force; (literary) to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc); (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1])勒 lēi: 勒 lei1: to strap tightly; to bind
- Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755), French political philosopher
- earl; count; earldom or countship (old)
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- day; sky; heaven
- on the road; on the way; en route
- to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc)
- Mary (biblical name)
- Hill (name); Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs