the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949)
to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke
隐君子
yǐn jūn zi
recluse / hermit / used for homophone 癮君子|瘾君子, opium addict
五口通商
wǔ kǒu tōng shāng
the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 / that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 / and Shanghai 上海
亚罗号
Yà luó Hào
the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pretext for the second Opium War)
亚罗号事件
Yà luó Hào Shì jiàn
the Arrow Incident of 1856 (used as pretext for the second Opium War)
南京条约
Nán jīng Tiáo yuē
Treaty of Nanjing (1842) that concluded the First Opium War between Qing China and Britain
大沽炮台
Dà gū pào tái
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
黑籍冤魂
Hēi Jí Yuān hún
Black Register of Lost Souls, long novel by Peng Yangou 彭養鷗|彭养鸥 / about the destructive influence of opium, published in 1897 and 1909
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
东亚病夫
Dōng yà bìng fū
(derog.) the sick man of Asia (term used in the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to refer to China in its weakened state after the Opium Wars)
tǔ