| 久慕盛名 | jiu3 mu4 sheng4 ming2 | It's an honor to meet you at last. |
| 体恤入微 | ti3 xu4 ru4 wei1 | meticulous care |
| 倒数第一 | dao3 shu4 di4 yi1 | last |
| 克娄巴特拉 | ke4 lou2 ba1 te4 la1 | Cleopatra (name) |
| 全新统 | quan2 xin1 tong3 | holocene system (geological strata laid down during the last 12000 years) |
| 前几年 | qian2 ji3 nian2 | in the last few years |
| 加里宁格勒州 | jia1 li3 ning2 ge2 le4 zhou1 | Kaliningrad Oblast |
| 千百年来 | qian1 bai3 nian2 lai2 | in the last ages |
| 半年来 | ban4 nian2 lai2 | in the last half year |
| 博士买驴 | bo2 shi4 mai3 lv2 | idiom mocking scholastic pomposity |
| 危若朝露 | wei1 ruo4 zhao1 lu4 | unlikely to last out the day |
| 去年同期 | qu4 nian2 tong2 qi1 | the same period last year |
| 去年夏天 | qu4 nian2 xia4 tian1 | last summer |