- substantive; substantial; material; considerable
- to weaken; to impair; to cripple
- to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve
- to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly; the emergence (e.g. of a power)
- Spain
- Portugal
- not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
- theorist; theoretician
- giant
- courageous; resolute and daring
- foresight; discernment; vision
- wide; broad; extensive; widespread
- to praise; to acclaim
- no matter what or how; regardless of whether...
- depth; (of a speech etc) profundity; advanced stage of development
- fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc)
- handsome; large; long
- 雷 Léi: 雷 Lei2: surname Lei雷 léi: 雷 lei2: thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
- skin; CL:層|层[ceng2],塊|块[kuai4]
- build; body type
- stubborn; obstinate; unbending
- South America
- usual; common; ordinary
- to occupy a post currently; current (president etc); incumbent; (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse)
- president (of a country); CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2],屆|届[jie4]
- 乌 wū: 乌 wu1: crow; black乌 wù: 乌 wu4: used in 烏拉|乌拉[wu4 la5]; used in 烏拉草|乌拉草[wu4 la5 cao3]乌 Wū: 乌 Wu1: abbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌[wu1]: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2], Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦[Wu1 zi1 bie2 ke4 si1 tan3] etc; surname Wu
- 戈 Gē: 戈 Ge1: surname Ge戈 gē: 戈 ge1: dagger-axe; abbr. for 戈瑞[ge1 rui4]; (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷[ge1 lei2]
- Chavez, Spanish name
- successor
- to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命); CL:次[ci4]
- capitalism
- market economy
- the Way of the King; statecraft; benevolent rule; virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
- to implement; to carry out; to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc); to promote; to advance (the practice of an art form, the use of a language etc); to push along (a bicycle etc while walking)
- socialism
- to absorb; to draw (a lesson, insight etc); to assimilate
- unexpected (idiom); surprising
- to focus attention upon
- prosperous; booming
- summit
- South America