vassal state

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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国（诸侯国）之间表露无疑，只能单纯地采用暴力行为进行所谓“执法”。
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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.
至楚成王时期，楚人又迁吕人到淮河中游的新蔡，作为楚国的附庸，以抵御北方诸侯。
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.
作为东方文化圈联系纽带的中朝宗藩关系，正是在这样的大背景下危机日益加剧，直至最终全面崩溃。

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.
那么犹大，南部王国，是纳贡者-向亚述统治者,上交贡赋理所应当的，他们受到了许多亚述,文化和宗教影响。
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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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