霸 主 bà zhǔ : a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); overlord; hegemon

擺 門 面 bǎi mén miàn : keep up appearances

北 洋 běi yáng : the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning; Hebei; and Shandong

被 bèi : by (marker for passive-voice sentences or clauses); quilt; blanket; to cover; to wear

Big5: , Unicode: 88ab (被),
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祊 bēng : side altar inside ancestral temple

Big5: , Unicode: 794a (祊),
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鼻 祖 bí zǔ : the earliest ancestor; originator (of a tradition, school of thought, etc)

變 通 biàn tōng : be flexible; accommodate something to circumstances

不 迭 bù dié : cannot cope; find it too much; incessantly

不 停 bù tíng : incessant

不 已 bù yǐ : endlessly; incessantly

不 止 bù zhǐ : incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to

財 政 cái zhèng : finances (public); financial

祠 cí : ancestral hall; temple

Big5: , Unicode: 7960 (祠),
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大 同 小 異 dà tóng xiǎo yì : almost similar; except slight differences

禘 dì : imperial ancestral sacrifice

Big5: , Unicode: 7998 (禘),
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祔 fù : worship ancestors

Big5: , Unicode: 7954 (祔),
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公 主 gōng zhǔ : princess

後 果 hòu guǒ : consequences; aftermath

華 裔 huá yì : ethnic Chinese; non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry

環 境 huán jìng : environment; circumstances; surroundings

結 成 jié chéng : form; forge (alliances, etc)

境 jìng : border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory

Big5: , Unicode: 5883 (境),
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境 地 jìng dì : circumstances

境 況 jìng kuàng : circumstances

句 «句» jù : (a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence

Big5: , Unicode: 53e5 (句),
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科 學 院 kē xué yuàn : academy of sciences

龍 飛 鳳 舞 lóng fēi fèng wǔ : lit.: dragon flies, phoenix dances; fig.: flamboyant

綿 [绵] mián : cotton; incessant; soft; downy

Big5: , Unicode: 7dbf (綿),
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情 況 下 qíng kuáng xià : under (this) circumstances

情 況 qíng kuàng : circumstances; state of affairs; situation

情 形 qíng xing : circumstances; situation

讓 步 ràng bù : (make a) concession; to give in; to yield

勢 在 必 行 shì zài bì xíng : be imperative; be required by circumstances

祧 tiāo : ancestral hall

Big5: 祧, Unicode: 7967 (祧),
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祫 xiá : triennial sacrifice to ancestors

Big5: , Unicode: 796b (祫),
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形 勢 xíng shì : circumstances; situation; terrain

礿 yuè : spring imperial ancestral sacrifice

Big5: 礿, Unicode: 793f (礿),
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禴 yuè : spring imperial ancestral sacrifice

Big5: , Unicode: 79b4 (禴),
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在 大 多 數 情 況 下 zài dà duō shù qíng kuàng xià : in most instances

砫 zhǔ : ancestral tablet

Big5: , Unicode: 782b (砫),
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宗 zōng : school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family

Big5: , Unicode: 5b97 (宗),
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祖 zǔ : ancestor; forefather; grandparents

Big5: , Unicode: 7956 (祖),
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祖 先 zǔ xiān : ancestor; forefather