to tackle a thorny problem and overcome its challenges
John Steinbeck (1902-1968), US novelist
Sphinx (Egyptian mythical beast)
lit. the soft can subdue the hard
Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan
Windhoek, capital of Namibia
Yakeshi, a county-level city in Hulunbuir City 呼伦贝尔市[hū lún bèi ěr shì], Inner Mongolia
Tekes River in southeast Kazakhstan and northwest China, a tributary of the Ili River 伊犁河[yī lí hé]
Tekes, a county in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈萨克自治州[yī lí hā sà kè zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang
Conakry, capital of Guinea
Hosni Mubarak (1928-2020), former Egyptian President and military commander
Rickettsia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria)
Rostock (city in Germany)
Saxony, a federal state in eastern Germany, capital Dresden 德累斯顿[dé léi sī dùn]
(King) Sihanouk (of Cambodia)
1.to die2.lit. to visit Marx3.to pass away
1.becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq)2.abbr. to 贝克[bèi kè]
Otog banner or Otgiin khoshuu in Ordos 鄂尔多斯[è ěr duō sī], Inner Mongolia
Aksu, a county-level city in Aksu Prefecture 阿克苏地区[ā kè sū dì qū], Xinjiang
Akto, a county in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture 克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[kè zī lè sū kē ěr kè zī zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang
Aleksandr Kolchak (1874-1920), Russian naval commander, head of anti-Bolshevik White forces
1.McMillan or MacMillan (name)2.Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), UK conservative politician, prime minister 1957-1963
Yamoussoukro (city in the Ivory Coast)
Hexigten banner or Kesigüten khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia
Leonid Kravchuk (1934-), first post-communist president of Ukraine 1991-1994
Karamay, prefecture-level city in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 新疆维吾尔自治区[xīn jiāng wéi wú ěr zì zhì qū]
Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania
Karnataka (formerly Mysore), southwest Indian state, capital Bangalore 班加罗尔[bān jiā luó ěr]
奉辛比克党奉辛比克黨 Funcinpec (royalist Cambodian political party)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Russian composer and pianist
New Brunswick province, Canada
Plesetsk, settlement in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia