- superior and subordinate; social ranking
- older and younger; seniority
- children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love)
- of the same generation; person of the same generation; peer
- to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom); to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject
- handle
- diary; CL:則|则[ze2],本[ben3],篇[pian1]
- Peking Duck
- smoke; to fumigate
- to broil; to roast
- to check and balance (power); checks and balances
- standard weight (used on a balance scale)
- the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
- or; could it be that...?
- distant relative
- Sun Chuanfang (1885-1935) one of the northern warlord, murdered in Tianjin in 1935
- to negotiate in secret; confidential discussions
- former hatred; bygone enmity
- lit. to go to war (idiom); fig. to make a big fuss over sth
- to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts
- plan of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure; makeshift stratagem; interim step
- descendant
- 苹果 Píng gǔo: 苹果 Ping2 guo3: Apple (American tech company)苹果 píng gǔo: 苹果 ping2 guo3: apple; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
- fair; equitable
- basket; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- sour and sweet
- to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it)
- resentment; grudge
- lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains; give him an inch, and he'll want a mile