Popular Chinese websites on Monday ran photos from anti-Japan protests across the nation, showing images of flipped-over and smashed Japanese-model cars in apparent reaction to a China-Japan dispute over a clutch of rocky islands.

Conflicted：冲突的，抵制的，矛盾的　　　　　smashed：破碎的　　　　　a clutch of：一小撮　　　　

But in a country where deep-seated mistrust of Japan is apparent even in China's most cosmopolitan cities, an unusual number of voices both online and in state-run media argued that protesters from Shenzhen to Shenyang went too far.

deep-seated；根深蒂固的，深层的　　　　

cosmopolitan：世界性的；世界主义的，四海一家的，四海为家者；世界主义者；世界各地都有的东西

'This type of 'patriotism' will never receive applause,' read a front-page editorial in the party-backed China Youth Daily. 'It will only make true patriots feel ashamed.'

patriotism： 爱国主义；爱国心，爱国精神　　　　

Video posted online showed dozens of people in the southern city of Shenzhen attacking and eventually flipping over a Japanese-made police car. The video shows one man, clutching a Chinese flag, dancing atop a flipped vehicle as crowds cheered him on.

flipping over：翻转过来　　　　　　clutch：抓住，紧握　　　　　atop：在..顶上　

'I hate Japan, but those compatriots in these anti-Japan protests are sick,' wrote Weibo user on Monday.

compatriots：同胞　　　　

'No matter if the Japanese occupy the Diaoyu islands, if you are smashing Chinese people's cars on Chinese land or capturing and beating up a Japanese person, these actions are all illegal,' wrote another user.

beat up：暴打，痛打；抬（价）；惊动；搅拌。残破的，年久失修的　　　　

Renewed anti-Japanese sentiment boiled over the weekend after a group of Japanese activists successfully landed on the disputed Senkaku islands in the East China Sea. The islands are controlled by Japan, but also claimed by China, which calls them the Diaoyu. Taiwan claims the islands as well.

sentiment：感情，情绪，情操，观点，多愁善感　　　　　　　

Sovereignty over the islands is economically and strategically important because the area serves as important fishing grounds and holds potentially valuable oil and natural gas reserves.

Sovereignty：主权；主权国家；君主；独立国　　　　strategically：战略性地，战略上　　　　

Some online users stepped-up calls for a boycott of Japanese products on Monday. One photo posted on Weibo showed a sign posted outside a gas station refusing Japanese cars' entry. The photo's authenticity couldn't be independently verified.

stepped-up：加强的，加速的，增加的　　　　　boycott：联合抵制，拒绝参加　　　　authenticity：真实性，确实性；可靠性

verify：核实；查证　　　

Chinese media meanwhile kept up calls for solidarity over the Senkaku. Nationalist rhetoric in mainstream media comes as growing numbers of Chinese are calling for Foreign Ministry officials and other government leaders to act more assertively on territorial disputes in the East China Sea and South China Sea, among other issues.

solidarity：团结，团结一致　　　　rhetoric：修辞，修辞学；华丽的词藻，花言巧语的　　 assertively：独断地，断言地

territorial：领土的；区域的；土地的；地方的

'The national strength of China, as long as its growth continues, will become the bargaining chips that force Japan to back off,' the Global Times, a popular tabloid with nationalist leanings, wrote in an editorial in its English edition on Monday. 'The reluctance to resort to military means doesn't mean China is afraid of war.'

bargaining chips：谈判的筹码；讨价还价的筹码　　　　back off：后退；软化；减轻；卸下　　resort to：依靠，求助于

tabloid：小报；药片；文摘；小型画报；报式的；缩略的；轰动性的；扼要的　　·　　nationalist leanings：民族主义倾向

military means：军事手段