- to be absent
- not the only one; not only
- to participate (in sth)
- need not; not obliged to; not necessarily
- to say more than is necessary; to give unnecessary details
- to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
- to expect; to anticipate
- to drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate; estrangement
- 吕 lǚ: 吕 lu:3: pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system吕 Lǚ: 吕 Lu:3: surname Lü
- treaty; pact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to agree to and sign (a treaty etc)
- whole story; the ins and outs
- to write an account (of events)
- plenipotentiary; fully authorized representative
- Saint Petersburg (city in Russia)
- Benz (name); Karl Benz (1844-1929), motor car pioneer
- 坎 kǎn: 坎 kan3: pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water; ☵坎 kǎn: 坎 kan3: pit; hole
- telegram; cable; telegraph; CL:封[feng1],份[fen4]
- Strasbourg
- to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
- to take along with one
- in a little while; shortly after
- to meet; to encounter; to come across
- the latter
- 便 pián: 便 pian2: used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]便 biàn: 便 bian4: plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards
- cart; chariot; carriage; buggy
- consulate; diplomatic mission
- 佩 pèi: 佩 pei4: to respect; to wear (belt etc)佩 pèi: 佩 pei4: girdle ornaments
- 茹 Rú: 茹 Ru2: surname Ru茹 rú: 茹 ru2: to eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell; vegetables; roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
- house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
- minister; diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations
- to reside; to dwell; to live in a place; resident in
- old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- to get to know each other; acquaintance
- to receive sb; to grant an interview
- many times; repeatedly
- to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation; CL:次[ci4]
- start of month; early in the month
- to assert; to claim
- to be present; to be on the scene
- circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- agreement; pact; protocol; CL:項|项[xiang4]