reform; reformation; reorganization
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
successor; replacement; second wife
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
disregard for human rights
(find) common (meeting) ground
steamroller voting; steamrollering
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
lawmakers from the ruling parties; government member of parliament
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
snap election; snap general election
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
rampancy; prevalence; domination
changing completely; transformation
hostility; antagonism; opposition
lifelike; exact resemblance
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
restoration; return to health
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
decreasing (graph falling to the right); shrinking; declining
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
in the same manner as before; the same as always
important post; important office; key position
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
surely (not); certainly (not)
enmity; antagonism; hostility