- inferior brand; little-known brand
- to strengthen; to build up; to grow strong and large
- one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with); subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself); belonging to; affiliated; under one's command
- county; (Japan) prefecture
- region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
- sixty; 60
- Ni Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] during his unsuccessful 1915 bid for Empire
- to vie against one another; to fight each other; mutual aggression
- to reduce troop numbers; disarmament
- 节 jiē: 节 jie1: see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]节 jié: 节 jie2: joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)
- tranquilizer; sth that sets one's mind at ease
- anti-war
- a speech; to speak; to talk; to address; CL:個|个[ge4]
- market price; quotation of market price; the current market situation
- see 姪子|侄子[zhi2 zi5]
- to promote to a higher position
- major general; rear admiral; air vice marshal
- deferential; respectful
- humble
- (coll.) pushover; soft touch
- (of a surgeon) to perform an operation; (of a patient) to have an operation; to decapitate; to behead; to single out as a point of attack
- (bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
- in a great rush; in a flurry
- to go abroad; to leave the country
- coarse; crude (in one's manner); boorish
- tall; lofty; towering
- something; a certain matter
- harm; troubles; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken)
- by comparison
- affable; genial
- to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention; to make one's views known
- to hint; to indicate (an idea to sb)
- to realize only then
- approval; affirmative vote