身份 shēn fèn - identity

特殊 tè shū - special

薄瓜瓜 bó guā guā - name of a person, the son of Bo Xilai

共產黨 gòng chǎn dǎng - Communist Party

政治世家 zhèng zhì shì jiā - political family

薄一波 bó yī bō - Bo Yibo, a Chinese political figure

中共 zhōng gòng - Chinese Communist Party

八老之一 bā lǎo zhī yī - one of the "eight immortals" of the Chinese Communist Party

創黨 chuàng dǎng - founding the party

元老 yuán lǎo - elder or veteran of the Communist Party

薄熙來 bó xī lái - Bo Xilai, a former Chinese politician

政治局 zhèng zhì jú - Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China

委員 wěi yuán - committee member

衝突 chōng tú - conflict

被關進了 bèi guān jìn le - was imprisoned

監獄 jiān yù - prison

谷開來 gǔ kāi lái - Gu Kailai, Bo Xilai’s wife

涉及 shè jí - involved in

一樁 yī zhuāng - a case or incident

謀殺案 móu shā àn - murder case

家庭背景 jiā tíng bèi jǐng - family background

文革 wén gé - Cultural Revolution

具有 jù yǒu - to possess or have

政治色彩 zhèng zhì sè cǎi - political connotation

掌權人 zhǎng quán rén - person in power

變故 biàn gù - change or misfortune

求學 qiú xué - to pursue studies

因素 yīn sù - factor

牛津大學 niú jīn dà xué - Oxford University

哈佛大學 hā fú dà xué - Harvard University

哥倫比亞法學院 gē lún bǐ yà fǎ xué yuàn - Columbia Law School

深造 shēn zào - further studies

學歷 xué lì - academic qualifications

擔任 dān rèn - to hold (a position)

分析師 fēn xī shī - analyst

低調 dī diào - low-key

引起 yǐn qǐ - to cause or provoke

熱議 rè yì - heated discussion

跨越 kuà yuè - to cross over

婚事 hūn shì - marriage affairs

引人注目 yǐn rén zhù mù - eye-catching

登記 dēng jì - to register

騷擾 sāo rǎo - to harass

除此之外 chū cǐ zhī wài - apart from this

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