- to purchase; to buy; to bribe; to buy off
- over time; as time passes; in the fullness of time
- each other; one another
- to have a tacit understanding
- first class; category A
- to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
- (PRC) State Council; (USA) State Department
- consequences; aftermath
- clear-headed; sober; awake
- (idiom) omniscient and omnipotent
- to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom); to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
- to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
- special assignment (military); special agent; operative; spy
- to supervise; to oversee; to inspect
- anti-corruption (policy)
- (idiom) without end; never-ending
- grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
- weeds; mistress or prostitute (old)
- tenacious; hard to defeat
- one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades; advancing wave upon wave
- to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse
- large sum of money
- to offer a reward; bounty
- style of governing (of minor official); achievement in office
- to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from
- beneath the surface; fundamentally; at the deepest level
- (derogatory) unruly people
- fact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to assign; to entrust (a task); to give; to bestow
- 横 hèng: 横 heng4: harsh and unreasonable; unexpected横 héng: 横 heng2: horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent
- extortion and blackmail (idiom)
- to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others
- entire population; all the people (of a country or society)
- on the contrary; instead
- urgent; emergency
- (sports) to call a time-out; to halt; to put a stop to; to put on hold
- elder brother
- Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644)