| 挖肉补疮 | wa1 rou4 bu3 chuang1 | to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom) |
| 时讯 | shi2 xun4 | news |
| 本朝 | ben3 chao2 | the current dynasty |
| 李伯元 | li3 bo2 yuan2 | Truncated - click through for definition |
| 李宝嘉 | li3 bao3 jia1 | Truncated - click through for definition |
| 烤电 | kao3 dian4 | diathermia (medical treatment involving local heating of body tissues with electric current) |
| 策论 | ce4 lun4 | essay on policy (presented to the court) |
| 经常项目 | jing1 chang2 xiang4 mu4 | current account |
| 船到桥头自然直 | chuan2 dao4 qiao2 tou2 zi4 ran2 zhi2 | cf couplet 車到山å‰å¿…有路,船到橋é 自然直车到山å‰å¿…有路,船到桥头自然直 |
| 逆变 | ni4 bian4 | reversing (e.g. electric current) |
| 上升气流 | shang4 sheng1 qi4 liu2 | upcurrent |
| 兼任地 | jian1 ren2 di5 | concurrently |
| 古水流 | gu3 shui3 liu2 | palaeocurrent |