| 熟练 | shú liàn | practiced / proficient / skilled / skillful |  |
| 历练 | lì liàn | to learn through experience / experience / practiced / experienced |  |
| 熟习 | shú xí | to understand profoundly / well-versed / skillful / practiced / to have the knack |  |
| 四个现代化 | sì gè xiàn dài huà | Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology / abbr. to 四化 |  |
| 四个现代化 | sì ge xiàn dài huà | Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology / abbr. to 四化[si4 hua4] |  |
| 和珅 | Hé shēn | Heshen (1746-1799), Manchu official of the Qing Dynasty who openly practiced various forms of corruption on a grand scale |  |