- diplomatic mission
- to force; to compel
- to swear an oath (of office); to make a vow
- 占 zhān: 占 zhan1: to observe; to divine占 zhàn: 占 zhan4: to take possession of; to occupy; to take up
- 便宜 biàn yí: 便宜 bian4 yi2: convenient便宜 pián yi: 便宜 pian2 yi5: cheap; inexpensive; a petty advantage; to let sb off lightly
- relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart
- 总长 zǒng zhǎng: 总长 zong3 zhang3: name used for cabinet ministers between 1912-1927, superseded by 部長|部长[bu4 zhang3]总长 zǒng cháng: 总长 zong3 chang2: total length
- Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
- to transition to a new dynasty or regime
- Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero.
- state system (i.e. form of government); national prestige
- state; country; the Gods of earth and grain
- laws and discipline of imperial court
- to lead a government
- official rank
- to have reached the highest official positions
- elderly loyalist of a former dynasty; former official who remains loyal after a dynastic change
- military strength; military power
- capital (economics)
- imaginary; virtual; to imagine; hypothesis
- to set up; to install
- doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
- 卡 qiǎ: 卡 qia3: to block; to be stuck; to be wedged; customs station; a clip; a fastener; a checkpost; Taiwan pr. [ka3]卡 kǎ: 卡 ka3: to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4]; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]); cassette
- direct line of descent; under one's personal command; school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine
- identical; the same
- standard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard; good; correct; conforming to a standard
- 错 Cùo: 错 Cuo4: surname Cuo错 cùo: 错 cuo4: mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver
- (idiom) to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine
- to establish; to fix; to settle
- deep-rooted (problem etc)
- to consolidate; to strengthen; firm; solid; stable
- to raise; to increase; to improve
- prestige
- to weigh; to examine; to consider
- forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031; cf 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], Xinhai Revolution of 1911
- forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle
- prominent; outstanding; to give prominence to; to protrude; to project
- to arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel; to discharge; (literary) to push aside; to force open; to rehearse; row; line; platoon; (bound form) steak; chop; (bound form) raft; classifier for rows or lines (of people or things)