- humorous poem; limerick
- last year
- this year
- pen and ink; words; writing
- to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency)
- leisure
- yesterday
- act; action; activity; move; movement
- billowing smoke (idiom); foul atmosphere; (fig.) murky atmosphere; in a turmoil
- to originate from; to come from the fact that; owing to; because of
- Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976
- good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle
- to acclaim; to sing the praises of
- to reveal (indirectly, implicitly); to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc
- 白玉 bái yù: 白玉 bai2 yu4: white jade; tofu (by analogy)白玉 Bái yù: 白玉 Bai2 yu4: see 白玉縣|白玉县[Bai2 yu4 Xian4]
- 马 Mǎ: 马 Ma3: surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]马 mǎ: 马 ma3: horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- to desire; wants; appetites
- major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
- to dedicate oneself to the service of one's country
- 何为 hé wèi: 何为 he2 wei4: (old) why何为 hé wéi: 何为 he2 wei2: what is; (old) what for; (in a rhetorical question) it's no use
- (literary) why; how
- strong contingent; elite squad
- millions and millions
- 强国 Qiáng gúo: 强国 Qiang2 guo2: (ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage)强国 qiáng gúo: 强国 qiang2 guo2: powerful country; great power
- magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; all the King's horses and all the King's men
- to take sth as given; to make assumptions
- optimistic; hopeful
- to mirror; to reflect; mirror image; reflection; (fig.) to report; to make known; to render
- to encourage; to urge; motivation; incentive
- to spur on; to urge on; to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)
- to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion)
- to restrict; condition
- to appear; present; now; existing; current
- progress step by step; gradual progress; to move forward (slowly)
- steady; stable; stability; to stabilize; to pacify
- plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill; CL:個|个[ge4],套[tao4]
- (fig.) to hold in one's hands; to be within grasp
- gun barrel
- lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom); fig. each tries to outwit the other; deceit and treachery