filthy; dirty (looking); drab
different race; different ethnic group; different peoples
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
ancient city; former capital
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
Liao (Manchurian dynasty; 916-1125 CE); Khitan Empire
port city; harbour city; harbor city
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
the big two ...; two major ...; two main ...
realization of a great ambition; realisation of a great ambition
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
Liaodong Peninsula (China)
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
Triple Intervention (diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany and France over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki)
starting (construction) work
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
different culture; foreign culture
to bring to a finish; to bring to a conclusion; to complete; to finish (off)
Russian Empire (1721-1917)
Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); God; Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
to come to like a lot; to fall in love
conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
devious; cunning; sly; crafty
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom