- 库伦 kù lún: 库伦 ku4 lun2: enclosed pasture (Mongolian loanword)库伦 Kù lún: 库伦 Ku4 lun2: Kulun, the former name for modern Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia (Mongolian: temple)
- Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972
- to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)
- territory
- northern extremity
- to border on
- label; tag; sign; (brass etc) inscribed plate
- Living Buddha; title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century
- wise; a sage
- 巴 Bā: 巴 Ba1: Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan); the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality; surname Ba; (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1 le4 si1 tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1 xi1] (Brazil)巴 bā: 巴 ba1: to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; sth that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail
- Tsarist Russia; abbr. for 沙皇俄國|沙皇俄国[Sha1 huang2 E2 guo2]
- in many stages; multilayered; multipronged (attack)
- suzerainty
- Outer Mongolia (abbr. for 外蒙古[Wai4 Meng3 gu3])
- territory
- the power to act independently; autonomy; the right of self-determination
- tall and strong
- to issue; to distribute; to publish along with
- common people
- October Revolution
- to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime
- (physics) vacuum; (fig.) vacuum; (slang) to not wear underwear
- to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse
- autonomy
- story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide
- 西北 xī běi: 西北 xi1 bei3: northwest西北 Xī běi: 西北 Xi1 bei3: Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)
- chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); resource; way; means
- synopsis; outline; program; leading principles
- rich; full; substantial; to enrich; to augment; to substantiate (an argument)
- to begin; to set in motion
- to reclaim (land); to cultivate
- to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
- bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive
- great skill and strategy
- (of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult; challenging; demanding
- the only (choice, way etc); undivided (loyalty)
- Chahar Province (former province in North China existing from 1912-1936)
- old name for district of Hohhot city 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia
- see 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]
- see 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 jiang1 Wei2 wu2 er3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
- the quick-footed climb up first (idiom); the early bird catches the worm; first come, first served