- overseas Chinese; (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- country with an ancient history
- to exist at the same time; to coexist
- see 海淀區|海淀区[Hai3 dian4 Qu1]
- to waste; to spoil; to ruin; to wreck; to insult; to humiliate; to defile (a woman); to rape; also pr. [zao1ta5]
- joss stick and candle
- inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]); (bound form) shop; store
- to burn down; to destroy with fire
- to abduct
- luckily; by a fluke
- grocery store; emporium
- to join the army; (official title in imperial China) military adviser; aide-de-camp
- to accompany
- mother and daughter; mother-daughter
- (loanword) coffee; CL:杯[bei1]
- motherland
- husband and wife; married couple
- French language
- geography
- Paris, capital of France
- (textiles) shuttle
- motive; motivation
- to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
- to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap; bamboo chicken coop; (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back; (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible; (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
- Europe and Asia; Eurasia
- air or shipping route
- regular passenger or cargo ship; regular steamship service
- sparse; rare
- 山海关 Shān hǎi guān: 山海关 Shan1 hai3 guan1: see 山海關區|山海关区[Shan1 hai3 guan1 Qu1]山海关 Shān hǎi Guān: 山海关 Shan1 hai3 Guan1: Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall
- minister of foreign affairs
- see 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
- top secret
- to meet the standard required; qualified; eligible (voter etc)