Federal agents working in unison with the secret service were able to foila terrorist attempt to assassinate the president while he was on board air force one.Yankee White (2003)
[戊戌, wù xū, ㄨˋ ㄒㄩ]thirty fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018; cf 戊戌政變|戊戌政变, failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty in 1898#49843[Add to Longdo]
[戊戌变法 / 戊戌變法, wù xū biàn fǎ, ㄨˋ ㄒㄩ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ]failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty in 1898; also known as the hundred days reform 百日維新|百日维新#65863[Add to Longdo]
[问鼎轻重 / 問鼎輕重, wèn dǐng qīng zhòng, ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄓㄨㄥˋ]lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (成语 saw); a laughable attempt to seize power#1031472[Add to Longdo]
[华北事变 / 華北事變, Huá běi shì biàn, ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ]North China incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a puppet government in north China[Add to Longdo]
[する, suru](vs-i) (1) (uk) to do; (2) to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); (3) to serve as; to act as; to work as; (4) to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); (5) (as 〜にする, 〜とする) to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; (6) to decide on; to choose; (vs-i, vi) (7) (as 〜がする) to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); (8) to be (in a state, condition, etc.); (9) to be worth; to cost; (10) to pass (of time); to elapse; (suf, vs-i) (11) verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); (aux-v, vs-i) (12) (See お願いします, 御・お) creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); (13) (as 〜うとする, 〜ようとする) (See とする・1) to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to; (P)[Add to Longdo]
[だいやくしん, daiyakushin](n) (1) Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); (n, vs) (2) significant breakthrough; great strides[Add to Longdo]
[てんをあおぎてつばきす, tenwoaogitetsubakisu](exp, v5s) (See 天に唾する) harming oneself in an attempt to harm someone else; spitting at the heavens and having one's spit land back on one's face[Add to Longdo]