- (name) Franklin; Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author
- to throw caution to the wind; to press one's luck; to go for broke
- to rouse; to be woken by sth; to wake with a start; to sleep lightly
- to nibble away at sth; to eat into; to erode
- Wen Tianxiang (1236-1283), Song dynasty politician and poet, folk hero in resisting Mongol invasion in Jiangxi in 1275
- national hero
- directly; head-on (collision); (of wind) in one's face
- (literary) foreign aggression; external threat; humiliation inflicted by outsiders
- to come as no surprise; as expected
- to see in the New Year; to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve
- Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet
- to emulate a classic; to work in the style of a classic (author)
- branch; twig; stem
- to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus
- Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]
- winter clothing
- plateau; CL:片[pian4]
- to change hands
- field army
- commander
- Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972
- parlor
- Central Committee of the CCP
- Chinese Academy of Science
- according to statistics
- 萨 sà: 萨 sa4: used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4]; used in transliteration萨 Sà: 萨 Sa4: surname Sa
- several million
- for example; for instance; such as
- to shine on; (math., linguistics etc) mapping
- latter half of one's life