额济纳 | e2 ji4 na4 | Ejin Banner in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979) |
麻生 | ma2 sheng1 | As (name) |
丁卯 | ding1 mao3 | fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047 |
何厚铧 | he2 hou4 hua2 | Edmund Ho Hau Wah |
卢武铉 | lu2 wu3 xuan4 | Roh Moo Hyun |
反袁 | fan3 yuan2 | same as åè¢é¬¥çˆåè¢æ–—争 |
四一二 | si4 yi1 er4 | refers to Chiang Kai-shek's coup of 12th April 1927 against the communists in Shanghai |
威妥玛 | wei1 tuo3 ma3 | Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system |
昂山 | ang2 shan1 | also written ç¿å±± |
春柳 | chun1 liu3 | Truncated - click through for definition |
普密蓬 | pu3 mi4 peng2 | (King) Bhumibol (Adulyadej) |
本茨 | ben3 ci2 | Bentz |
李光耀 | li3 guang1 yao4 | Lee Kuan Yew (1923-), founding prime minister of Singapore 1959-1990 |