- to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext
- above
- Britain; British; Great Britain
- tradition; traditional
- to declare war
- warship; military naval vessel; CL:艘[sou1]
- merchant ship
- to regard as; to treat as
- ocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan
- to seize; to capture
- ship; boat; vessel
- goods; commodity; merchandise; CL:宗[zong1]
- sailor; crew member
- early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- to answer; to reply; to handle; to deal with; response
- to violate (a law)
- international law
- 分 fèn: 分 fen4: part; share; ingredient; component分 fēn: 分 fen1: to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
- army-civilian; military-masses; military-civilian
- to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
- to keep; to maintain; to preserve
- premise; precondition; prerequisite
- safe; secure; safety; security
- to go against; to be contrary to; to violate
- arbitration
- czar (loanword)
- to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely; custodian; curator
- to belong to; to be affiliated to; to fall under the jurisdiction of; a place where one feels that one belongs; one's final destination (where one need look no further)
- regimental command; head of a delegation; group buy organizer; group-buying coordinator
- ultimatum
- oral; verbal
- in writing; written
- to have; to own; to hold; to occupy; to possess; to account for (a high proportion etc)
- 地中海 Dì zhōng Hǎi: 地中海 Di4 zhong1 Hai3: Mediterranean Sea地中海 dì zhōng hǎi: 地中海 di4 zhong1 hai3: (coll.) bald crown; male pattern baldness
- 小岛 xiǎo dǎo: 小岛 xiao3 dao3: isle小岛 Xiǎo dǎo: 小岛 Xiao3 dao3: Kojima (Japanese surname and place name)
- 佩 pèi: 佩 pei4: to respect; to wear (belt etc)佩 pèi: 佩 pei4: girdle ornaments
- imperious; peremptory
- to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)
- to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb); to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process)
- trusteeship; to trust
- to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
- divergent; difference (of opinion, position); disagreement; (math.) bifurcation
- feasible
- a lie; untrue statement; misstatement
- to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain
- trick; ruse; crafty scheme