a financial deficit or budget shortfall

completely naked or bare; without any covering or clothing

physically unclothed or without covering

Red Cliffs, historic battlefield in Huangzhou District, Huanggang, Hubei, site of the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 AD

The imaginary line around the middle of the earth or another celestial body, equidistant from the poles.

Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty (from 1616)

(idiom) with one's bare hands; unarmed (also figuratively: without assistance)

flushed with anger or excitement

a health worker in rural China with basic medical training, providing primary healthcare services in villages, especially during the 1960s and 70s

algal bloom

showing wholehearted devotion or absolute loyalty to a cause or country

Chifeng, a prefecture-level city in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

a newborn baby or infant

purity and guilelessness resembling that of a newborn child

bare to the waist

having the feet bare, without any shoes or socks

Chishui River, a tributary of the Wei River in Shaanxi province

A decisive naval battle in 208 AD at Chibi where the allied forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao, famously dramatized in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

stark naked

naked; nude

poverty-stricken; extremely poor

to throw oneself into a task wholeheartedly or to come out in the open to act without disguise

wholehearted loyalty; to serve someone or a cause with one's body and soul

Chishui, a county-level city in Zunyi City, Guizhou

with bare hands

(dialect) a derogatory term for a person; a rascal or fellow

a mineral form of ferric oxide (Fe2O3) and the primary ore of iron, typically appearing as reddish-brown or black crystals

nothing is perfect; no one is perfect

Chibi, a county-level city in Xianning City, Hubei province

completely naked

to go barefoot; to be barefoot

Chicheng, a county in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei

russet or reddish brown color

patriotic overseas compatriot

to bare one's chest or be bare-chested

Red Guards

to be flushed with anger or excitement; to fret or get worked up during a disagreement

alder tree (genus Alnus)

Chikan District of Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province

gold of high purity; solid gold

An equatorial mount for a telescope that compensates for Earth's rotation.

to treat others with absolute sincerity and honesty; to be open and aboveboard in one's dealings

extremely poor; having absolutely nothing (literally 'as poor as if washed clean')

(bird species of China) sarus crane (Antigone antigone)

golden colored or having a hue between yellow and red