| 戈壁 | gē bì | Gobi (desert) | |
| 戈壁滩 | gē bì tān | Gobi desert | |
| 干戈 | gān gē | weapons of war; arms | |
| 倒戈 | dǎo gē | to change sides in a war; turncoat | |
| 大动干戈 | dà dòng gān gē | to go to war (idiom); to make a big fuss over sth |
| 1 | As for Rodrigo Lira, well, I already explained what had become of him. | |
| 2 | But in its overseas territories - of which Gough island is one - it reacts slowly, if at all. |