- succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition); posterity
- large jade ring
- Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
- 地道 dì dao: 地道 di4 dao5: authentic; genuine; proper地道 dì dào: 地道 di4 dao4: tunnel; causeway
- to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
- period in office
- public and private (interests, initiative etc)
- stamp; seal; CL:方[fang1]
- the reformist faction
- sufferings
- (idiom) to hesitate; to remain undecided
- 背着 bèi zhe: 背着 bei4 zhe5: turning one's back to (sth or sb); keeping sth secret from (sb); keeping (one's hands) behind one's back背着 bēi zhe: 背着 bei1 zhe5: carrying on one's back
- 宁 zhù: 宁 zhu4: to store; to stand; space between the door and the entrance screen宁 níng: 宁 ning2: peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)宁 Níng: 宁 Ning2: abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]; surname Ning宁 nìng: 宁 ning4: would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]
- official seal
- draft paper
- post office; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
- telegraph office
- genuine or fake; true or false
- to vow before one's troops
- National Protection Army of 1915 (in rebellion against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3])
- like a hot knife through butter (idiom); with irresistible force
- lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success; success in a single move
- to break a promise
- numerous; confused; disorderly
- short name for Shanghai
- short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2]
- to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
- object of ridicule; laughingstock; to laugh over sth; to make light chat
- Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915) or National Protection War, a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] as emperor
- unconditional
- loudly; with a loud bang; a loud rumble
- sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
- a hundred percent; out and out; absolutely
- overwhelming majority
- to ascend the throne
- to take seriously; serious; No joking, really!
- to use force; to come to blows
- to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section
- to investigate and handle (a criminal case)