jiāo qing
friendship
friendly relations
Xī qīng
Xiqing suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4]
kāng qián shèng shì
booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)
wù xū zhèng biàn
coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Cí Xǐ tài hòu] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
gǎn qing
actually
as it turns out
indeed
of course
lā jiāo qing
to try to form friendly ties with sb for one's own benefit
to suck up to sb
shì qing
affair
matter
thing
business
CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
Lǐ xué
School of Principle
Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢[Cheng2 Hao4], Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐[Cheng2 Yi2] and Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 xi1])
jiáo qing
(Beijing dialect) argumentative
unreasonable
tào jiāo qing
to try to gain sb's friendship