- first draft; to draw up (a first version)
- to invade
- acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy
- as a rule; as usual; usually
- (idiom) that's all; just this and nothing more
- ahead; the front
- information; intelligence
- stocks and chain; in fetters
- to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively
- correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
- to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides
- overhead; above
- regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes
- (physics) inertia; (fig.) force of habit; tendency to do things in the accustomed way; habitual
- day-to-day; daily; everyday
- government affairs
- to get on a horse; to mount
- to go beyond one's authority; arrogation
- seldom; rare; hard to come by
- to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide
- (do sth) in passing; incidentally (while doing sth else)
- to know; to be aware
- ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime
- to close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue); closed (i.e. isolated from outside input)
- to open (sth that has been sealed)
- to govern; to administer; to manage; to control; governance
- prudent; cautious
- a hair; the slightest
- lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom); fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance
- 咸 Xián: 咸 Xian2: surname Xian咸 xián: 咸 xian2: all; everyone; each; widespread; harmonious咸 xián: 咸 xian2: salted; salty; stingy; miserly
- to decide; to determine; to execute (sb); (of a dam etc) to breach or burst; definitely; certainly
- strange; weird; eccentric; bizarre
- general; popular; everywhere; universal
- grand justice; high court justice; supreme court justice
- High Court
- background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
- (idiom) to be popular for a while; to be all the rage for a time
- grade 3; third class; category C
- wise and farsighted