support; backing; aid; assistance
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
traitor (to one's country); quisling
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jie Shi) (1887.10.31-1975.4.5)
government; administration
financial muscle; economic clout
organizational capability; organisational capability
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
one's favorite mistress; one's favourite mistress
alliance; aimag; league; administrative subdivision in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia
useless messenger; doing only as one is told; fool's errand
due form; official; formality
mistress; kept woman; concubine
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
great hurry; great haste; rush
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures