- jacket; upper outer garment; CL:件[jian4]
- saying; famous remark
- to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions); to give sb the third degree; to torture
- anxious; worried; apprehensive
- Persia
- coral
- dynasty
- Byzantium; Byzantine or Eastern Roman empire (395-1453)
- Tigris River, Iraq
- to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to); an appeal
- nationals; citizens; people of a nation
- country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
- to be bound to; undoubtedly will
- gambling get-together; game of cards, mahjong etc
- to play mahjong or cards
- mathematics
- to concede; to admit defeat; to admit sth is wrong after insisting it is right
- to shuffle cards, dominoes or mahjong tiles etc; (fig.) to reshuffle; to reorganize; to shake up; to restructure
- spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5]
- assistance to the poor; poverty alleviation
- calamity
- to straighten one's back
- question and answer
- billboard
- to input; to throw in; to unload; to put into circulation
- worth seeing; considerable; impressive; significant
- to poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal
- delight; pleasure; joy
- older sister
- James (name); LeBron James (1984-), NBA player
- Bond (name)
- deserted; desolate; unfrequented; cold and cheerless; lonely; in quiet isolation
- after drinking; under the influence of alcohol