- jungle; thicket; forest; Buddhist monastery
- lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); fig. the law of the jungle
- to be born
- Ladies first!
- domestic; internal (to a country); civil
- posture; situation
- 危 wēi: 危 wei1: danger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. [wei2]危 Wēi: 危 Wei1: surname Wei
- supplementary cash reserve; private fund; private hoard; slush fund
- taxes; duties
- chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
- to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry
- tenant farmer
- unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion
- indirect
- the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
- to fall; to drop; to decline; to deteriorate; to go downhill
- account; bill; debt; CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3]
- taxation
- national treasury
- abundant; plentiful
- to force; to compel; to coerce; forced; compulsory; Taiwan pr. [qiang3zhi4]
- to collect tax
- Asia (abbr. for 亞細亞洲|亚细亚洲[Ya4 xi4 ya4 Zhou1])
- financial crisis
- South Korea (Republic of Korea); (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[Zhan4 guo2 Qi1 xiong2]
- nationals; citizens; people of a nation
- wristwatch; CL:塊|块[kuai4],隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
- to donate
- to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through
- calamity
- biography; CL:篇[pian1],部[bu4]
- lighting; illumination; to light up; to illuminate
- evening; night
- guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge; CL:個|个[ge4]
- each and every family (idiom); every household
- voluntary
- measure; step; CL:個|个[ge4]
- seven; 7