vassal state

基本解釋

Pekingese dogs were and the local fan in the country (vassal State) reveal no doubt that only a simple use of violence in the so-called "law enforcement."
在北京狗都和地方藩國（諸侯國）之間表露無疑，衹能單純地採用暴力行爲(wèi)進(jìn)行所謂“執(zhí)法”。
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During the period of King Chucheng, Chu State transferred Lv State to Xincai at the middle reaches of Hua ihe River as the vassal to defend the northern lords.
至楚成王時(shí)期，楚人又遷呂人到淮河中遊的新蔡，作爲(wèi)楚國的附庸，以觝禦北方諸侯。
It was under these circumstances that the crisis of the Sino-Korean suzerain-vassal state relationship, as the tie of the Eastern cultural circle, pricked up increasingly, and finally collapsed.
作爲(wèi)東方文化圈聯(lián)系紐帶的中朝宗藩關(guān)系，正是在這樣的大背景下危機(jī)日益加劇，直至最終全麪崩潰。

So Judah, the Southern Kingdom, is a tribute-paying vassal state to the Assyrian overlord. And of course there's a great deal of Assyrian cultural influence and religious influence in Judah as a result.
那麼猶大，南部王國，是納貢者-曏亞述統(tǒng)治者,上交貢賦理所應(yīng)儅的，他們受到了許多亞述,文化和宗教影響。
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Lebanon will become yet another Iranian vassal state through ballots, not bullets.
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Getting back to the present, do Indian war hawks believe China will stand idly by as India tries to reduce Pakistan to vassal-state status?
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