to bend; to warp; to lose heart
drop (e.g. of water); drip
memories; recollections; reminiscence
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
military service; conscription
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
time of great change; era of reform
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
complete set (of volumes); every volume; whole volume; whole film; whole reel
to appear all together; to be all present
Ruskin; Laskin; Luskin; Raskin
military clique; military party
Chinese Civil War (1927-1937, 1946-1949)
communism; Communist Party
mainland China; China proper
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
(United States of) America; USA; US
Anglican Church; Protestant Episcopal Church
medical university; medical college; medical school
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
(Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People
democracy (as propounded by Sun Yat-sen)
public welfare; the people's livelihood
Aisin Gioro Pu Yi (1906-67) (last emperor of China)
Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922); Kuomintang; Chinese Nationalist Party
together with; same; both; all; including ...
collaboration; joint work