Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
false report; incorrect report; misinformation; false alarm
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to stop (doing something); to cease; to leave as is; to leave alone; to exclude; to except
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
system; institution; organization; organisation
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...