to withhold tax (from employee's salary)
1.to write on sb's behalf2.a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others)
1.to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc); to ride (or drive)2.means of transportation
1.godmother2.surrogate mother
Dai County or Daixian, a county in Xinzhou City 忻州市[xīn zhōu shì], Shanxi
to take a test or exam for sb
1.to be a spokesperson2.to be an ambassador (for a brand)3.to endorse
1.to sell as agent2.to sell on commission (e.g. insurance policies)3.proxy sale (of stocks)
the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BC)
the prehistoric Shang dynasty (c. 16th-11th century BC)
Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
1.offspring2.child's generation
1.to refer to2.to be used in place of
periodization (of history)
1.unrivalled2.without peer in this generation
1.a changeover of personnel2.a new shift3.(lit.) replacement for soldier on leave for the melon-picking season
Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[qín shǐ huáng], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
1.peerless2.unmatched in his generation3.incomparable (talent, beauty)
1.to iterate2.(literary) to alternate
Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[nǚ zhēn] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty
1.the middle generation (between senior and junior cohorts, esp. in a profession)2.Mesozoic (geological era 250–65 million years ago, covering the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous)
History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[xuē jū zhèng] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[běi sòng], 150 scrolls
1.(has been) replaced with2.(its) place has been taken by
(math.) algebraic expression
1.vehicle2.(esp.) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc)
1.outlet2.commission shop3.agency
Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago)
Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武纪, Ordovician 奥陶纪, Silurian 志留纪, Devonian 泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭纪, Permian 二叠纪
Emperor Taizong of Tang (727-779), reign name of ninth Tang emperor Li Yu 李豫[lǐ yù], reigned 762-779
1.former times2.the olden days
haloalkane (obtained from hydrocarbon by substituting halogen for hydrogen, e.g. chlorobenzene or the CFCs)
party congress (of the Communist Party of China)
three generations under one roof
the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江泽民[jiāng zé mín] in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004
1.(biology) alternation of generations2.(fig.) generational succession; passing of the torch from one generation to the next