解放 | jie3 fang4 | to liberate |
十一 | shi2 yi1 | 11 |
民国 | min2 guo2 | people's republic |
七七 | qi1 qi1 | seven sevens (equals 49) |
近代 | jin4 dai4 | latest generation |
都督 | du1 du1 dou1 du1 | city |
他信 | ta1 xin4 | Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006 |
北平 | bei3 ping2 | Peking |
离休 | li2 xiu1 | to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres) |
解放战争 | jie3 fang4 zhan4 zheng1 | Truncated - click through for definition |
波恩 | bo1 en1 | Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990 |
建国 | jian4 guo2 | nation-building |
歌德 | ge1 de2 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet and dramatist |