- prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)
- custom; tradition; local tradition; convention
- to flatten; to smooth down; to unwrinkle; (fig.) to soothe (emotional wounds); to heal (scars)
- to proclaim oneself (sth); to give oneself the title of; self-appointed; self-styled; to limit oneself to; to isolate oneself
- oligarchy
- spokesperson; announcer
- a man; a male
- to take the blame (for sb else)
- validity
- student; member of an institution of learning; officer cadet
- towns and counties
- district attorney; public prosecutor; procurator
- wartime
- military supplies
- to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc); Taiwan pr. [shi3 huan4]
- cannot get; cannot obtain
- to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations!
- Warsaw, capital of Poland
- to live in seclusion
- earnings; profit
- president (of a country); CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2],屆|届[jie4]
- 奇 jī: 奇 ji1: odd (number)奇 qí: 奇 qi2: strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually
- plan; idea; decision; CL:個|个[ge4]; Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]
- has its origins in
- 幺 Yāo: 幺 Yao1: surname Yao幺 yāo: 幺 yao1: youngest; most junior; tiny; one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military); one or ace on dice or dominoes
- moth
- to declare one's position; to say where one stands
- strange; unfamiliar
- cautious; prudent
- can't discern
- common sense; general knowledge
- indirect
- treacherous; sinister
- crafty; cunning; deceitful
- selfish; selfishness
- all over; from head to toe
- to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot
- to draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program