- domestic; internal (to a country); civil
- lifelong; all one's life; marriage
- to hold a post; to take office
- not enough; insufficient; inadequate
- several months
- to found; to establish
- succession; inheritance; hereditary
- clear; distinct; obvious
- to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory
- procedure; step
- that's all; nothing more
- Imperial Household Department (in Qing dynasty)
- family member
- reception room; parlor
- question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
- to change into; to turn into; to become
- to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve
- respected; respectable; honorable
- upper house; senate; senior statesmen's assembly
- speech; to deliver a speech
- mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick
- one after another; in succession; one by one; continuously; diverse; in profusion; numerous and confused; pell-mell
- to follow; to accompany
- case; (for) instance; example; CL:個|个[ge4]
- outside (a country's) borders
- the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
- to establish; to set up; to found
- to protect
- 民 mín: 民 min2: (bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country民 Mín: 民 Min2: surname Min
- courtyard; institution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]; drive (of gears and shafts etc)
- to inquire; to consult; to seek advice from
- four; 4
- to vote; to cast a vote
- to approve; to endorse; (literary) to assist
- the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site
- to sign (a signature)
- to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying
- in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto
- freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
- goodwill; benevolence; kindness
- it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
- to repent; (religion) to confess
- on the contrary; instead