to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
negotiations; discussions; connection
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
official announcement; proclamation
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
in the face of; in defiance of
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to set up; to raise; to nominate; to choose as a representative; to push; to shove
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
transfer; assignment; conveyance
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
few decades; many decades; several decades
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
aggression; invasion; raid
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
whole day and night; 24 hours