Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- restrictions on the publication of newspapers; press restrictions
- each; every
- tide of thought; way of thinking characteristic of a historical period; Zeitgeist
- to surge like a gathering storm (idiom); to grow by leaps and bounds
- each other; one another
- to chase; to pursue vigorously
- to wrestle; (fig.) to lock horns; to tussle; to wrangle; Taiwan pr. [jiao3li4]
- at the same time; simultaneously
- old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- ethics
- to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship); an experience (esp. adverse)
- unprecedented
- crisis
- to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)
- all-around; comprehensive; total; overall
- to negate; to deny; to reject; negative (answer); negation
- four; 4
- zero
- to suffer repeatedly
- the Great Powers (history)
- to invade; invasion
- to bully and humiliate
- to present to a superior; memorial; petition; to present (a certain appearance); to assume (a shape); to be (a certain color)
- situation; state
- to receive in no small measure
- colonialism
- to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
- sovereignty
- direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- to challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge
- lasting until; up till (the present)
- May Fourth Movement; Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
- several years; many years
- the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
- Whampoa Military Academy
- top athlete; heroic warrior
- to overthrow
- the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
- at least; (to say the) least
- outer appearance; form; shape; formality; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
- politics; political