zhì lì 
		to work for
to devote one's efforts to
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhì lǐ 
		to govern
to administer
to manage
to control
governance
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bó 
		same as 渤海[Bo2 Hai3], Bohai Sea between Liaoning and Shandong
Gulf of Zhili or Chihli
		 
		
		
														
		
		
					
				
		
			Zhí lì 
		Ming and Qing dynasty province directly administered by Beijing, including Beijing, Tianjin, most of Hebei and Henan and part of Shandong
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhī lí 
		fragmented
disorganized
incoherent
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Zhí xì jūn fá 
		the Zhili faction of the Northern Warlords
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Zhí Wǎn zhàn zhēng 
		war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhí lì 
		to generate a profit
profit
yield