1 region

2 regional (away from the central administration)

3 local

1 government

2 official (approved or issued by an authority)

1 counterpart

2 other person involved

3 opposite side

4 other side

5 receiving party

1 safe and sound

2 well

3 without mishap

4 quiet and safe

5 at peace

1 ordinarily

2 in normal times

3 in peacetime

1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved

2 many twists and turns to a story

3 one thing after another

1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)

2 fig. to be impartial

1 to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)

2 to get plastered

1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country

1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules