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Wu Bangguo (1941-), PRC electrical engineer and politician, politburo member 1992-2012
Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu
Bond (name)
Russian Federation, RSFSR
lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
federal / federation / commonwealth / federal union / federal state / union
HSK 7-9
Federal Aviation Authority (FAA)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽
to bring peace and stability to the country
dystopia
relations between two countries / diplomatic relations
the Russian Federation
West Bengal
lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion
a land of ceremony and propriety
gentile
Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖|汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC)
Madhya Pradesh, central Indian state
Rajasthan (state in India)
literary journal published in 1892–93 by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆 featuring serialized novels in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular
(Islam) Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the 12th month of the Islamic calendar
Chennai, capital of southeast Indian state Tamil Nadu 泰米爾納德邦|泰米尔纳德邦 / formerly called Madras 馬德拉斯|马德拉斯
federal / federal system
(loanword) utopia
lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公 and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴 / an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent
Uttar Pradesh (state in India)
Kerala (state in India)
native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa)
Federal Republic of Germany / former West Germany 1945-1990, now simply Germany
Commonwealth of Australia
all nations
friendly state / ally
Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈 / formerly Madras state 馬德拉斯邦|马德拉斯邦
Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦
foreign country
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, a university
lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴 in 206 BC) / fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent
German Federation / Bundesrepublik Deutschland / Germany
friendly neighboring countries / to keep up good relations with neighboring countries
Shan plateau of east Myanmar (Burma)
DuPont (company)
The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆, long novel of lower life in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular / translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang
US Federal Reserve (Fed), the US central bank
FedEx
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer
(old) foreign land / alien nation
Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争
ally; allied country
Union of Myanmar, official name of Burma 1998-2010
federal government
very hard
federal state / German Bundesland
Maharashtra (state in India)
Karnataka (formerly Mysore), southwest Indian state, capital Bangalore 班加羅爾|班加罗尔
country / state
Andhra Pradesh or Andhra State in southeast India
Duke of Pei (i.e. 劉邦|刘邦)
Université Paris IV / the Sorbonne
confederation
much hardships may awaken a nation (idiom); calamity that prompts renewal
Pune, second city of Mahārāshtra 馬哈拉施特拉邦|马哈拉施特拉邦 in western India
Punjab state in northwest India bordering Pakistan
neighboring country
Arunachal Pradesh, a state of India in the northeast of the country, occupying an area claimed by China in an ongoing sovereignty dispute
a city state (Greek polis)
posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC
Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争 / also pr. [Cao2 Shen1]
(Tw) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer
very hard or stiff
Han Bangqing (1856-1894), writer and publisher of experimental literary journal in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular, author of novel 海上花列傳|海上花列传
to bring peace and stability to a country, region etc
West Germany / German Federal Republic 德意志聯邦共和國|德意志联邦共和国
Kaya state of Myanmar
Belmopan, capital of Belize (Tw)
Gujarat, Indian state
Odisha (formerly Orissa), eastern Indian state
Mt Shishapangma or Xixiabangma in Tibet (8012 m)
British Commonwealth of Nations
Bondi (name) / Band-Aid (loanword)
Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈 / formerly Madras state 馬德拉斯邦|马德拉斯邦
Bangalore, capital of southwest Indian state Karnataka 卡納塔克邦|卡纳塔克邦
Bhopal, capital of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh 中央邦
Hu Yaobang (1915-1989), Chinese politician
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(bound form) country; nation; state
AIA Group Limited, insurance company
Bihar, state in eastern India
Gujarat, state in west India
Shan state of east Myanmar (Burma)
variant of 硬邦邦


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