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| to create ② to bring about ③ to produce ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| nature ② disposition ③ temperament ④ character ⑤ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| a fact ② the fact that ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| fact ② actual thing ③ practical matter |
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| to restrict; to limit; to confine ② restriction ③ limit ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| cause ② origin ③ root cause ④ reason ⑤ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| difference ② distinction ③ diversity ④ disparity |
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| difference ② to distinguish ③ to discriminate ④ to make a distinction ⑤ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| to participate ② to take part ③ to join |
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| fundamental ② basic ③ root ④ simply ⑤ absolutely (not) ⑥ (not) at all ⑦ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| to act on ② to affect ③ action ④ function ⑤ activity ⑥ impact ⑦ result ⑧ effect ⑨ purpose ⑩ intent ⑪ to play a role ⑫ corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization ⑬ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| Wang Shuwen (735-806), famous Tang dynasty scholar, Go player and politician, a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永貞革新|永贞革新 of 805 |
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| Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture movement after the Xinhai revolution 辛亥革命 of 1911 |
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| egotistical ② arrogant ③ brassy |
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| conceited and ignorant (idiom) |
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| to agitate for ② to enthusiastically promote |
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| reality ② actuality ③ real ④ actual ⑤ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| (increasing) day by day ② (more critical) with every passing day ③ gradually |
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| to hand over ② to explain ③ to make clear ④ to brief (sb) ⑤ to account for ⑥ to justify oneself ⑦ to confess ⑧ to finish (colloquial) |
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| washbowl ② basin for washing hands and face ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| (during the cultural revolution) to criticize and denounce sb publicly for their errors (often imaginary) |
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| to reside ② to live ③ to dwell ④ to be in ⑤ to be situated at ⑥ to stay ⑦ to get along with ⑧ to be in a position of ⑨ to deal with ⑩ to discipline ⑪ to punish |
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| place ② location ③ spot ④ point ⑤ office ⑥ department ⑦ bureau ⑧ respect ⑨ classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point |
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| to tidy up ② to reorganize ③ to consolidate ④ to rectify |
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| from beginning to end ② all along |
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| condition ② state ③ situation ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| state of affairs ② state ③ mode ④ situation ⑤ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| Jehovah (biblical name for God, Hebrew: YHWH) ② compare Yahweh 雅威[Ya3 wei1] and God 上帝[Shang4 di4] |
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| spacious and well-lit ② open and clear ③ to open out (onto a wider vista) ④ optimistic ⑤ cheerful ⑥ carefree ⑦ easy-going ⑧ open-minded |
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| no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma ② trapped ③ in an impossible situation |
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| not to accept as correct (idiom); to object ② to disapprove ③ to take exception to |
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| not suitable ② inadvisable ③ inappropriate |
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| to satirize ② to mock ③ irony ④ satire ⑤ sarcasm |
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| emission ② discharge ③ exhaust (gas etc) |
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| lecher ② sex maniac ③ rapist |
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| richly endowed by nature (idiom); in a particularly favored environment |
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| to promote to a higher job ② to select for promotion |
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| to besiege 魏|魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] ② to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers (idiom) |
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| lofty ② surname Wei ③ name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States ④ Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms from the fall of the Han ⑤ the Wei dynasty 221-265 ⑥ Wei prefecture and Wei county at different historical periods |
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| surname Zhao ② the Former Zhao 前趙 (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙 (319-350) of the Sixteen Kingdoms |
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| Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC), author of the Art of War 孫子兵法|孙武兵法 ② also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙武 |
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| origin ② source ③ relationship |
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| to remarry (of widow) ② to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) ③ to transfer (blame, guilt) ④ to pass the buck |
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| to pacify ② to appease ③ appeasement |
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| change with each passing day ② make rapid progress |
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| to cut down ② to fell ③ to dispatch an expedition against ④ to attack ⑤ to boast |
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| to fell trees indiscriminately ② excessive deforestation (idiom) |
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| to clear a wild area for cultivation ② to put under the plow |
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| to be eradicated ② to vanish ③ extinct ④ to break off relations |
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| armband (e.g. as part of uniform or to show status) |
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| black market product ② fake ③ imitation or counterfeit of branded product |
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| remember with concern ② worry about |
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| to imitate ② to copy ③ to emulate ④ to mimic ⑤ model |
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| price ② cost ③ consideration (in share dealing) |
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| to make a copy (and send it to someone) ② Cc (for email) ③ Carbon Copy (for email) |
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| regeneration through one's own effort (idiom) ② self-reliance |
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| disclaimer ② statement denying or limiting responsibility |
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| nobleman ② person of noble character |
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| to ridicule ② to tease ③ to mock ④ idle talk ⑤ chitchat |
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| throat ② voice ③ CL:把[ba3] |
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| consistent ② constant ③ from start to finish ④ all along ⑤ persistent |
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| bomb ② CL:枚[mei2],顆|颗[ke1] |
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| compassion ② relent ③ sympathize ④ sympathy |
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| to interfere ② to meddle ③ interference |
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| forklift truck ② CL:臺|台[tai2] |
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| front loader (vehicle) ② CL:臺|台[tai2] |
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| to hold concurrent posts ② part-time ③ concurrent job ④ moonlighting |
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| shameful ② scandalous ③ to be humiliated ④ to make a fool of sb. or oneself ⑤ to make sb. lose face |
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| expression or emotion showing in one's eyes ② meaningful glance ③ wink ④ eyesight (topolect) |
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| to eat tofu ② to flirt ③ to tease |
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| rich ② substantial ③ enrich ④ substantiate |
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| to worship ② to make customary deferences to ③ a pilgrimage |
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| earth ② dust ③ clay ④ local ⑤ indigenous ⑥ crude opium ⑦ unsophisticated ⑧ Tuzu ethnic group ⑨ surname Tu |
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| incantation ② magic spell ③ curse ④ malediction ⑤ to revile ⑥ to put a curse on sb |
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| radical ② extreme ③ extremist |
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| the Grand canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC |
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| immeasurably self-satisfied |
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| to choke ② to stifle ③ to restrain ④ to hold back ⑤ to hold in (urine) ⑥ to hold (one's breath) |
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| to settle ② to finish ③ to conclude ④ to wind up |
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| material ② stuff ③ grain ④ feed ⑤ to expect ⑥ to anticipate ⑦ to guess |
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| shikumen style architecture: traditional (ca. 19th century) residences with courtyards, once common in Shanghai |
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| pure and simple ② sheer ③ outright |
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| to rot ② to become gangrenous |
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| reason ② grounds ③ justification ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| to distribute ② to assign ③ to allocate |
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| cheese ② CL:塊|块[kuai4],盒[he2],片[pian4] |
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| by chance ② by coincidence ③ to happen to |
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| 治标不治本[治標不治本] zhìbiāobùzhìběn |
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| to treat the symptoms but not the root cause |
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| to take radical measures ② to get to the root (of a problem etc) |
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| emergency call ② emergency (medical) treatment |
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| nutrition ② nourishment ③ CL:種|种[zhong3] |
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| beautiful ② wonderful ③ splendid |
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| lollipop ② sucker ③ CL:根[gen1] |
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| Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek |
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| to wear colored glasses ② to have a prejudiced viewpoint |
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| teaching material ② CL:本[ben3] |
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| 笔记本电脑[筆記本電腦] bǐjìběndiànnǎo |
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| laptop ② notebook (computer) ③ CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4] |
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| 电子化营业[電子化營業] diànzǐhuàyíngyè |
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| to guarantee ② to vouch for |
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| memorandum ② aide-memoire ③ memorandum book |
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| herbivore ② herbivorous animal |
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| rascal ② rogue ③ little devil (term of endearment) |
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| rogue ② hoodlum ③ gangster ④ immoral behavior |
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| derogatory sense ② negative connotation |
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| sudoku (Japanese: sū doku) |
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| 宫商角徵羽[宮商角徵羽] gōngshāngjuézhǐyǔ |
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| pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la |
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| 千疮百孔[千瘡百孔] qiānchuāngbǎikǒng |
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| affected with all ills ② in a disastrous state ③ scarred and battered (idiom) |
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| euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death) |
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| burn the midnight oil ② work late into the night |
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| what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom) |
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| science and engineering as academic subjects (abbr. for 理科, 工科) |
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| International Women's Day (婦女節 | 妇女节 [fu4 nü3 jie2]) on 8th March ② foolish ③ stupid |
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| Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文 |
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| 帕台农神庙[帕台農神廟] Pàtáinóngshénmiào |
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| Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis, Athens |
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| There are three major offenses against filial piety. (idiom) |
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| 不孝有三，无后为大[不孝有三，無後為大] bùxiàoyǒusānwúhòuwéidà |
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| there are three ways to be unfilial, having no sons is the worst (citation from Mencius 孟子|孟子 [Meng4 zi3]) |
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| Your Majesty ② His or Her Majesty |
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| this small official ② humble servant |
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| cure the sickness to save the patient ② criticize a person in order to help him |
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| to rescue the dying and heal the wounded (idiom) |
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| One good turn deserves another. (idiom) |
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| to influence others by goodness (idiom) |
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| undiscounted ② full price |
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| lit. money wrapped in red as a gift ② a bonus payment ③ a kickback ④ a bribe |
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| Compendium of medical herbs 1596, compiled by Lǐ Shízhēn 李時珍|李时珍 |
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| census ② general survey ③ general investigation ④ reconnaissance survey |
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| ample ② well developed ③ fully rounded |
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| to lift oneself out of poverty |
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| deformation ② to become deformed ③ to change shape ④ to morph |
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| tone of voice ② the way one speaks ③ manner of expression ④ tone |
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| one-sided ② to lean ③ to slant ④ prejudiced ⑤ inclined to one side ⑥ the left-hand side of split Chinese character, often the key or radical |
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| to sleep outdoors ② to spend the night in the open |
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| Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明 (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated |
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| desperation ② forlorn ③ hopeless |
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| financial management ② finance |
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| to talk officiously ② to assume the air of a functionary ③ to talk in official jargon |
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| aspiration ② wish ③ ideal ④ volunteer |
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| human relationships ② interpersonal |
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| to pave (with paving stones) ② to lay a road ③ to give a present to sb to ensure success |
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| to lose one's love ② to break up (in a romantic relationship) ③ to feel jilted |
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| loss of face ② humiliation |
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| affection ② family love ③ love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children |
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| passion ② fervor ③ enthusiasm ④ strong emotion |
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| luck ② fate ③ opportunity ④ the ups and downs of life |
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| to perfect sth that is already outstanding (idiom); constantly improving |
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| 不确定性原理[不確定性原理] bùquèdìngxìngyuánlǐ |
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| Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927) |
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| horseradish ② wasabi ③ green mustard |
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| Artemisia japonica ② luxuriant |
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| Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences |
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| 鸦片战争[鴉片戰爭] Yāpiànzhànzhēng |
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| the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861 |
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| 自强运动[自強運動] Zìqiáng Yùndòng |
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| Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 洋務運動|洋务运动 |
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| to strive for self-improvement |
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| 洋务运动[洋務運動] Yángwù Yùndòng |
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| Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动 |
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| 中学西用[中學西用] zhōngxuéxīyòng |
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| to apply Chinese studies in the West (idiom) |
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| Heian period (794-1192), period of Japanese history ruled by Kyoto imperial court |
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| to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity |
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| derogatory sense ② negative connotation |
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| commendatory ② commendatory term ③ positive connotation |
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| to pick up girls (esp. Beijing slang) ② to play around (with ladies) ③ to chase after (sexual partners) |
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| 毛手毛脚[毛手毛腳] máoshǒumáojiǎo |
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| ham-handed ② restless and uneasy ③ too familiar or offhanded (esp. toward women) (idiom) |
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| the masses ② the great bulk of the population |
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| 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒[冰凍三尺，非一日之寒] bīngdòngsānchǐfēiyīrìzhīhán |
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| three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day |
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| Hu Yaobang (1915-1989), Chinese politician |
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| firm ② steady ③ staunch ④ resolute |
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| Kennedy (name) ② J.F. Kennedy (1917-1963), US Democrat politician, president 1961-1963 |
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| Tsing Hua or Qinghua University, Beijing ② National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan |
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| 幽闭恐惧症[幽閉恐懼症] yōubìkǒngjùzhèng |
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| pretension ② affectation ③ putting on artificial airs |
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| equivalent to ② appropriate ③ considerably ④ to a certain extent ⑤ fairly |
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| to consult ② to talk over ③ to discuss |
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| baby ② small child ③ doll |
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| Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289 BC) |
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| Legalist school of philosophy in pre-Han times, including Shang Yang 商鞅 and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子 |
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| evil has its retribution (idiom); to suffer the consequences of one's bad deeds ② sow the wind and reap the whirlwind (Hosea 8:7) |
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| 善有善报，恶有恶报[善有善報，惡有惡報] shànyǒushànbào'èyǒu'èbào |
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| Virtue has its reward, evil its retribution |
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| Good has its reward and evil has its recompense. The payback is just a matter of time |
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| agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable |
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| a miscarriage ② an abortion ③ to abort (an action) |
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| peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH) |
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| emotional quotient (EQ) ② emotional IQ ③ abbr. for 情緒商數|情绪商数[qing2 xu4 shang1 shu4] |
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| 脱氧核糖核酸[脫氧核糖核酸] tuōyǎnghétánghésuān |
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| texture ② background (texture) ③ grain ④ quality ⑤ character ⑥ disposition |
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| Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution |
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| to shoulder (a burden) ② to bear ③ to suffer (a disadvantage) |
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| to negate ② negative (answer) ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at time of the Cultural Revolution |
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| Lei Feng (1940-1962), young communist killed in an accident in 1962, used as a model in one of Mao's campaigns from 1963 |
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| the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution) |
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| Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution) |
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| Red Guards (during the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976) |
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| (honorific) your respected opinion ② What do you think, your majesty? |
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| to combat and prevent revisionism (PRC) (idiom) |
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| to criticize revisionism and rectify trends (PRC) (idiom) |
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| to disillusion ② disillusionment ③ vanishing (illusions, hopes, aspirations etc) |
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| (of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age |
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| devoted ② fidelity ③ loyal ④ loyalty |
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| general matters ② division of general affairs ③ person in overall charge |
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| yuppie (transl.) ② young urban professional, 1980s slang |
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| to bounce ② to bounce back ③ to boomerang ④ to ricochet ⑤ rebound (of stock market etc) ⑥ bounce ⑦ backlash ⑧ negative repercussions ⑨ see also 反彈|反弹[fan3 tan2] |
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| to take care of ② to show consideration ③ to attend to ④ to look after |
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| children ② sons and daughters |
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| Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union) ② abbr. for 獨立國家聯合體|独立国家联合体 |
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| external ② outside ③ outward appearance |
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| dowry (money given by the bride's family to the groom) |
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| ineptitude can be remedied by diligence (idiom) |
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| lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities |
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| artificial respiration (medicine) |
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| trouble ② disturbance ③ rumpus ④ flirty ⑤ coquettish ⑥ abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] ⑦ literary writings ⑧ smell of urine ⑨ foul smell ⑩ male (animal) (topolect) |
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| the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number) |
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| everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item |
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| manner ② bearing ③ attitude ④ approach ⑤ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus) ② henpecked (a pun on 妻子管得严 used in comic theater) |
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| to provide for ② to keep (animals, a family etc) ③ to raise animals ④ to feed and clothe ⑤ support ⑥ the necessities of life ⑦ to give birth |
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| 掌上电脑[掌上電腦] zhǎngshàngdiànnǎo |
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| (honorific) Welcome! ② You honor us with your presence. ③ It is an honor to have you. |
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| seeking to please ② lovable ③ charming ④ favored ⑤ delightful ⑥ attention seeking |
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| heritage ② legacy ③ inheritance ④ bequest ⑤ CL:筆|笔[bi3] |
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| blessed ② happiness ③ happy |
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| to offend somebody ② to make a faux pas ③ a faux pas ④ see also 得罪|得罪[de2 zui4] |
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| to commit an offense ② to violate the law ③ excuse me! (formal) ④ see also 得罪|得罪[de2 zui5] |
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| to put in order ② to arrange ③ to decorate ④ to fix up ⑤ to deploy |
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| texture ② grain (of wood) ③ inner essence ④ intrinsic order ⑤ reason ⑥ logic ⑦ truth ⑧ science ⑨ natural science (esp. physics) ⑩ to manage ⑪ to pay attention to ⑫ to run (affairs) ⑬ to handle ⑭ to put in order ⑮ to tidy up |
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| hatred ② animosity ③ enmity ④ a rival ⑤ an enemy ⑥ feud |
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| to live frugally ② to economize on food and clothing ③ to scrimp and save |
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| prospects ② outlook (for the future) ③ future ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| branch ② stem ③ stalk ④ CL:根[gen1] ⑤ to block ⑥ to hinder ⑦ see also 㹴犬|㹴犬[geng3 quan3] |
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| diction ② enunciation ③ to pronounce the words correctly (in opera) |
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| regulations ② rules ③ code of conduct ④ ordinances ⑤ statutes |
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| to comment ② to talk about ③ to discuss ④ discussion ⑤ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子, Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism |
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| Four great southern talents of the Ming, namely: Tang Bohu 唐伯虎, Zhu Zhishan 祝枝山, Wen Zhengming 文徵明|文征明 and Xu Zhenqing 徐禎卿|徐祯卿 |
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| senior official; senior officer; commanding officer ② sir (term of address for senior officer) ③ CL:位[wei4] |
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| the rites of Zhou (in Confucianism) |
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| restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties ② (any number of possible translations) |
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| bitter ② painful ③ deeply distressed |
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| to pull ② to draw (a cart or a bow) ③ to lead (an animal) ④ an elegy (for use in funeral procession) ⑤ to turn (change direction) ⑥ to roll up (a scroll) ⑦ to coil |
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| Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official famous as honest politician |
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| base pair (bp) consisting of two complementary nucleotides (adenine A 腺嘌呤 paired with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA) |
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| 熔融岩浆[熔融岩漿] róngróngyánjiāng |
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| involved ② tangled ③ disorderly ④ confused ⑤ chaotic ⑥ Taiwan pr. wen4 |
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| form ② table ③ CL:張|张[zhang1],份[fen4] |
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| dauntless ② to summon up courage and determination ③ using extreme force of will |
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| to catch everything in one net (idiom); to eliminate at one stroke ② to solve the problem at one fell swoop |
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| indigenous peoples ② aborigine |
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| 黄鼠狼给鸡拜年[黃鼠狼給雞拜年] huángshǔlánggěijībàinián |
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| Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom) |
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| 黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心[黃鼠狼給雞拜年，沒安好心] huángshǔlánggěijībàiniánméi'ānhǎoxīn see 黃鼠狼給雞拜年|黄鼠狼给鸡拜年[huang2 shu3 lang2 gei3 ji1 bai4 nian2] |
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| Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom) |
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| weasel see 黃鼬|黄鼬[huang2 you4] |
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| Siberian weasel ② Kolinsky weasel ③ Himalayan weasel |
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| to constrain or repress emotions ② oppressive ③ stifling ④ depressing ⑤ repression |
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| to govern by doing nothing (idiom) |
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| Who knows it isn't a blessing in disguise? (idiom) |
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| The old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise ② It's an ill wind that blows no-one any good. |
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| Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature ② Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject ③ Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government ④ Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC |
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| French fries ② French fried potatoes |
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| Luo Yixiu (1889-1910), Mao Zedong's first wife |
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| French fries ② French fried potatoes |
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| Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty |
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| eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality ② symbol of the alchemist's art ③ Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble |
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| colloquial speech ② spoken language ③ vernacular language ④ slander ⑤ gossip ⑥ CL:門|门[men2] |
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| ancestral hometown ② original domicile (and civil registration) |
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| let's talk about it later ② what's more ③ besides |
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| surname Ke ② handle of ax ③ stem |
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| a blanket ② CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1],床[chuang2],面[mian4] |
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| equipment ② facilities ③ installations ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| to return to the main topic (idiom); back to business ② to finish a digression and get back to the main subject ③ retournons à nos moutons |
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| to argue ② to debate ③ to contend ④ argument ⑤ contention ⑥ controversy ⑦ debate ⑧ CL:次[ci4],場|场[chang3] |
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| reward (as encouragement) |
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| Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company |
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| both ② two ③ ounce ④ some ⑤ a few ⑥ tael ⑦ weight equal to 50 grams |
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| generous ② magnanimous ③ poise ④ a great moral principle |
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| to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth ② acting heroically in a just cause |
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| to toil first and then enjoy the fruits (idiom) |
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| Things are difficult at first and quite easy afterwards. (idiom) |
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| lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation ② extreme emergency |
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| academic circles ② academia |
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| appearance ② face ③ features ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| because of ② on the basis of ③ in view of ④ on account of |
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| to describe ② to depict ③ to portray ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| excerpt ② selection (from a book) ③ to select ④ to choose an extract |
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| to comply ② to conform to ③ in tune with ④ adapting to ⑤ to adjust to |
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| to rise abruptly (to a towering position) ② to tower over ③ to spring up ④ to emerge suddenly ⑤ the emergence (e.g. of a power) |
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| Cape Kennedy, name 1963-1973 of Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角|卡纳维拉尔角[Ka3 na4 wei2 la1 er3 jiao3], Florida |
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| Cape Town (city in South Africa) |
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| tamarind (Tamarindus indica) tropical tree with bean-like fruit ② pickled caper |
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| I don't understand a word (idiom); all Greek to me |
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| Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (1975-), American golfer |
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| a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself ② too smart for one's own good |
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| Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), Chinese Marxist and leading communist, blamed for the failures of Chinese communism from 1927, posthumously rehabilitated |
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| Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers |
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| 天下为公[天下為公] tiānxiàwéigōng |
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| The world belongs to everybody. (idiom) |
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| Sendai, city in northeast Japan |
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| Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China |
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| Qiu Jin (1875-1907), famous female martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, the subject of several books and films |
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| flaws hidden in a beautiful gem (idiom) |
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| to break new ground (for agriculture) ② to open up (a new seam) ③ to develop (border regions) ④ fig. to open up (new horizons) |
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| Lu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry |
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| round white cabbage (i.e. western cabbage) |
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| cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries) |
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| Chinese cabbage ② pak choi ③ CL:棵[ke1], 個|个[ge4] |
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| to take care of (sb's health) ② to nurse |
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| to nurse and restore oneself (idiom) |
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| memories ② remember ③ memory ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| to feed on illusions (idiom) |
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| white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) ② white book |
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| to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek ② to drain the cup of humiliation |
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| instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong ② innate moral sense |
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| old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word ② to fail to keep a promise ③ to contradict oneself ④ inconsistent |
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| lit. to strike with a muck-rake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counter-attack ② to make bogus accusations (against one's victim) |
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| one of the three main divisions of the Book of Song 詩經|诗经 |
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| it is evident to anyone (idiom) |
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| wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol ② having an ulterior motive ③ to have other things in mind ④ with an ax to grind ⑤ accomplishing something besides what one set out to do |
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| wine-lover ② drinker ③ toper ④ drunkard |
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| She Xiang (c. 1361-1396), lady who served as Yi ethnic group leader in Yunnan in early Ming times |
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| hinterland ② interior ③ outback |
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| Chinese cabbage ② pak choi ③ CL:棵[ke1], 個|个[ge4] |
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| eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) ② aubergine ③ brinjal ④ Guinea squash ⑤ phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed) ⑥ equivalent of "say cheese" |
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| to operate ② operations; workings; activities (usu. of an organization) ③ thread (computing) |
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| colloquial speech ② spoken language ③ vernacular language ④ slander ⑤ gossip ⑥ CL:門|门[men2] |
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| not only ... but also ② as well as ③ moreover ④ in addition ⑤ furthermore |
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| to add hail to snow (idiom); one disaster on top of another ② to make things worse in a bad situation |
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| ready to make trouble (idiom) |
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| abbr. for 三自愛國教會|三自爱国教会[san1 zi4 ai4 guo2 jiao4 hui4], Three-Self Patriotic Movement |
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| light bulb ② see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4] ③ third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉 |
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| Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉|林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗 |
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| Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉 |
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| inspiration ② infectious (enthusiasm) |
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| a treacherous court official ② a minister who conspires against the state |
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| 忠臣烈士[忠臣烈士] zhōngchénlièshì |
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| An upright man dies in defense of his name. (idiom) |
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| multi-colored ② every color under the sun |
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| endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) ② heavy traffic |
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| fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company |
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| to eat and drink to one's heart's content (idiom) |
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| to concentrate fully on sth ② single-minded |
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| a trick ② an ingenious method ③ know-how ④ the knack (of doing sth) |
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| genre of writing ② literary form ③ style ④ literary recreation and sporting activities |
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| proper ② should ③ suitable ④ appropriate |
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| Emperor of Japan ② Tennō ③ Mikado |
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| 锦上添花[錦上添花] jǐnshàngtiānhuā |
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| to make perfection still more perfect (idiom) |
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| to carp ② nitpicking ③ petty criticism |
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| microscope ② CL:臺|台[tai2] |
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| 显微镜载片[顯微鏡載片] xiǎnwēijìngzàipiàn |
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| presentable ② decent ③ up to par |
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| rendering (computing) ② to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) ③ to exaggerate ④ to embellish |
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| (try to) overcome (hardships etc) ② to conquer ③ to put up with ④ to endure |
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| lit. to drop a bag of books (idiom); fig. to drop quotations to appear learned ② to quote classical texts as a parade of erudition |
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| to bring up ② to train ③ to contribute to ④ achievements (usually of young people) |
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| scene ② view ③ sight ④ landscape ⑤ to be well-regarded ⑥ to be well-off ⑦ grand (topolect) ⑧ impressive (topolect) |
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| to be pregnant ② to produce offspring ③ to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc) ④ fig. replete with (culture etc) |
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| (idiom) nurture makes second nature ② good habits come by long assimilation |
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| variant of 煩冗|烦冗[fan2 rong3] |
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| diverse and complicated (of one's affairs) ② prolix (of speech, writing, etc.) |
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| prosperous ② booming (economy) |
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| to reflect on the past in the light of the present (idiom) |
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| sing the praises of ② extol ③ eulogize |
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| a contract with remuneration linked to output (idiom) |
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| popular piece of doggerel ② common phrase repeated as a jingle |
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| to go to sea ② fig. to leave secure job (iron rice-bowl 鐵飯碗|铁饭碗) for sth better but more risky |
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| health protection ② health care |
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| to look after one's health ② to keep fit ③ maintaining good health ④ health preservation |
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| everything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand ② to have all one needs |
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| feel embarrassed or awkward ② to make things difficult (for someone) ③ to find things difficult (to do or manage) |
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| to carry ② to convey ③ to load ④ to hold ⑤ to fill up ⑥ and ⑦ also ⑧ as well as ⑨ simultaneously |
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| to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly ② to seek after ③ to woo |
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| and so on ② so and so ③ many and confused |
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| to express a thousand thanks ② to thank effusively (idiom) |
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| to praise ② to speak highly of ③ to commend |
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| luster ② splendor ③ radiance ④ brilliance |
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| (colloquial) to make love |
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| morality ② righteousness and justice |
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| to balance up ② to offset ③ to counterbalance |
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| 相规以善[相規以善] xiāngguīyǐshàn |
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| to persuade sb. to take the good path (idiom) |
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| a friend of high moral character and a teacher of stern integrity (idiom) |
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| sweet speech and honeyed words ② hypocritical flattery (idiom) ③ see also 甜言蜜語|甜言蜜语[tian2 yan2 mi4 yu3] |
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| lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly ② a glutton for punishment |
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| familiar ② to get close to sb ③ intimate |
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| to temper one's spirit and correct one's behavior (idiom) |
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| to throw stones at sb who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down |
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| to flatter ② to laud sb's accomplishments ③ adulation |
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| to think back over sth that happened ② to recollect ③ to turn over in one's mind |
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| corrupt practice ② bad habits ③ malpractice |
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| to be a perfect fright (idiom) |
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| to comment on ② to discuss ③ comment ④ commentary ⑤ CL: 篇[pian1] |
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| ostentation ② extravagance |
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| extravagance and waste (idiom) |
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| to look closely at ② to examine |
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| traffic police ② acronym for 交通警察 |
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| very much ② extremely ③ one ten thousandth part |
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| critical ② desperate (situation) |
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| to go through ② to bore through ③ to push one's way through |
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| Ba Jin (1904-2005), novelist, author of the trilogy 家, 春, 秋 |
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| Maodun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist |
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| Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party |
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| Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist |
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| Ai Qing (1910-1996), Chinese poet |
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| a delight to see (idiom); an attractive spectacle |
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| to demonstrate ② to show how to do sth ③ demonstration ④ a model example |
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| to pass on (to future generations) ② passed on (from former times) ③ a continued tradition ④ an inheritance |
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| to dither ② to hesitate ③ to pace back and forth ④ by ext. to hover around ⑤ to linger |
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| to reach a higher level of proficiency ② to reach a higher level in one's studies or profession (idiom) |
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| to associate (cognitively) ② to make an associative connection ③ mental association ④ word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs |
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| to imprison ② to jail ③ to take into custody |
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| embargo ② export ban (e.g. on weapons) |
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| to punish ② punishment ③ sanctions (incl. economic) |
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| to restrain ② to control ③ restraint ④ self-control |
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| (try to) overcome (hardships etc) ② to conquer ③ to put up with ④ to endure |
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| to consult ② to discuss seriously ③ to negotiate ④ to confer ⑤ negotiations ⑥ consultations |
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| to kidnap ② to hijack ③ to abduct ④ to hold under duress |
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| do at all costs ② make an all-out effort |
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| bypath ② trail ③ bribery as a means of achieving a goal ④ minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman) |
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| to announce ② to make public ③ to publish |
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| to be unavoidable (idiom) |
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| unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom) |
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| keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks ② be undaunted by repeated setbacks ③ be indomitable |
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| words ② speech ③ utterance ④ discourse |
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| Zhou Yu or Chou Yü (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff ② in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang |
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| tint ② coloring ③ coloration ④ character |
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| Les Misérables (1862) by Victor Hugo 維克多•雨果|维克多•雨果 |
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| workers ② staff ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| to dare to ② to be brave enough to |
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| unfamiliar ② strange ③ out of practice ④ not accustomed |
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| ambiguity ② several possible meanings |
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| to remove ambiguity ② disambiguation (in Wikipedia) |
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| a bag ② a pocket ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| smart ② eminent ③ handsome ④ talented |
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| to cover up (a shortcoming) ② to screen off ③ to hide ④ to conceal |
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| cohesion ② cohesiveness ③ cohesive |
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| 目光短浅[目光短淺] mùguāngduǎnqiǎn |
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| polite talk ② conventional greetings |
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| to develop ② to make full use of |
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| just as ② no less than ③ like (sth momentous) ④ as good as ⑤ tantamount to |
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| to rise abruptly (to a towering position) ② to tower over ③ to spring up ④ to emerge suddenly ⑤ the emergence (e.g. of a power) |
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| to model ② to mould ③ plastic (arts) ④ flexible ⑤ to portray (in sculpture or in words) |
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| chairman ② director-general (of a company etc) |
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| Taoyuan (city in Taiwan) ② the Garden of the Peaches of Immortality |
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| 桃园三结义[桃園三結義] Táoyuánsānjiéyì |
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| the oath of brotherhood in the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞 and Guan Yu 關於|关于 at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 |
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| chairman of the board ② chairman |
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| to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages |
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| weight-lifting (athletics) |
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| consciousness ② awareness ③ Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda) |
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| to make progress ② to do better ③ fig. ambitious to improve oneself ④ to move forwards |
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| to hesitate at the crossroad (idiom) |
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| to stay away from home ② residence abroad ③ sojourn |
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| pleased to meet you ② enchanté |
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| You count them on your fingers (idiom). tiny number ② just a very few ③ just a handful ④ not many at all |
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| the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out (idiom) ② nonconformity gets punished |
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| disadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped) ② the economically and politically marginalized ③ the dispossessed |
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| dissidents ② dissenting faction |
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| to give sb. a handle (with which to attack one) (idiom) |
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| bright red ② also written 紅彤彤|红彤彤 |
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| sunset glow ② sunset clouds ③ afterglow |
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| to concoct pills of immortality |
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| dry as dust ② absolutely boring (idiom) |
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| to predict (often uncertain) ② to grope (for the truth) ③ to fathom ④ to ascertain |
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| to morally degenerate ② to become depraved ③ a fall from grace ④ a fall into sin or depravity |
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| love conquers all ② omnia vincit amor |
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| employee ② also written 僱員|雇员 |
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| to indicate ② to foretell ③ to forebode ④ to betoken |
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| repeatedly ② again and again |
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| Huaihe River, a main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黄河 and the Changjiang 長江|长江 |
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| Water Cube, nickname of Beijing national aquatics center 北京國家游泳中心|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic games |
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| Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher |
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| cool breeze ② fig. pure and honest |
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| bright moon ② refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark ③ CL:輪|轮[lun2] |
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| Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书 |
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| to be unable to distinguish the clear from the muddy (idiom) |
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| The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. ② Repent and ye shall be saved! |
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| West Germany ② German Federal Republic 德意志•聯邦•共和國|德意志•联邦•共和国[De2 yi4 zhi4 • Lian2 bang1 • Gong4 he2 guo2] |
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| East Germany (1945-1990) ② German democratic republic 德意志•民主•共和國|德意志•民主•共和国[De2 yi4 zhi4 • min2 zhu3 • gong4 he2 guo2] |
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| the old man moves mountains (traditional folk tale); fig. nothing is impossible if you have the will |
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| to correspond ② a correspondence ③ corresponding ④ homologous ⑤ matching with sth ⑥ counterpart |
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| set up on high (idiom); not in touch with reality ② aloof and remote |
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| intent ② intention ③ intend ④ schematic diagram |
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| to gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to pre-empt ② to anticipate ③ pre-emptive |
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| unfavorable ② disadvantageous ③ harmful ④ detrimental |
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| active ② energetic ③ vigorous ④ positive (outlook) ⑤ proactive |
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| to bounce ② to bounce back ③ to boomerang ④ to ricochet ⑤ rebound (of stock market etc) ⑥ bounce ⑦ backlash ⑧ negative repercussions ⑨ see also 反彈|反弹[fan3 tan2] |
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| to rise again (after a fall) ② to pick up ③ see also 反彈|反弹[fan3 dan4] |
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| to give credit ② to give sb his due ③ attribution |
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| lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. ② Nothing comes for free. |
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| energy ② power source ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| (TV or movie) blooper ② continuity error ③ (theater) to flub one's lines ④ unintended exposure of a body part ⑤ to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) ⑥ to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue ⑦ to blow one's cover |
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| uncertain ② remote ③ distant and indistinct ④ vague |
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| spiral ② whirlpool ③ eddy ④ vortex ⑤ also written 旋渦|旋涡 |
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| dress ② to wear ③ clothes ④ attire |
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| to sit down ② to take a seat |
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| time ② period during the day ③ one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 |
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| sturdy ② thriving ③ vigorous ④ robust ⑤ flourishing |
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| to summarize ② to generalize ③ briefly ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| to not bother about trifles (idiom) |
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| norm ② standard ③ specification ④ regulation ⑤ rule ⑥ within the rules ⑦ to fix rules ⑧ to regulate ⑨ to specify |
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| cold and detached towards sb ② lack of regard ③ indifference ④ neglect |
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| cold and detached towards sb ② lack of regard ③ indifference ④ neglect |
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| to conceal a fault ② to gloss over |
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| spectacular ② magnificent sight |
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| happy ② lost in exhilaration |
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| to express ② to reveal (one's thoughts or feelings) |
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| to pull (an animal on a tether) ② to lead along ③ to hold hands |
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| dialectics ② dialectic or Socratic method of debate |
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| to fake ② to feign ③ to pretend ④ living under a false identity ⑤ dressed up as ⑥ under the guise of |
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| 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒[冰凍三尺，非一日之寒] bīngdòngsānchǐfēiyīrìzhīhán |
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| three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day |
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| lit. spider's thread and horse track ② tiny hints (of a secret) ③ traces ④ clue |
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| 了如指掌[了如指掌] liǎorúzhǐzhǎng |
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| to understand sth thoroughly (like the back of one's hand) |
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| troops under one's command ② subordinate ③ affiliated to a ministry |
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| have a heart-to-heart chat |
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| as for ② as to ③ to go so far as to |
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| so much (that) ② even (to the extent that) |
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| lit. kept hoodwinked inside a drum (idiom); completely in the dark |
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| preconceived idea ② bias ③ prejudice |
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| to obscure ② to confuse ③ to mix up ④ to blur |
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| to confuse right and wrong (idiom) |
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| to obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods |
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| somewhat ② to some extent |
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| There are things which one doesn't know. ② to be unaware of sth. (idiom) |
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| to be somewhat different (idiom) |
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| to have good ears and eyes ② to be very perceptive ③ to have a clear understanding (of the situation) ④ to be alert (idiom) |
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| unclean ② filthy ③ foul-mouthed |
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| to be in an awkward position (idiom) |
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| 装聋作哑[裝聾作啞] zhuānglóngzuòyǎ |
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| 装聋作傻[裝聾作傻] zhuānglóngzuòshǎ |
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| to feign ignorance (idiom) |
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| to be out of the question |
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| to perform an in-depth investigation |
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| to cherish ② to treasure ③ to take care of ④ to love and protect |
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| Wang Chong (27-97), rationalist and critical philosopher |
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| Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalist and subsequently for PRC People's liberation army |
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| itinerary ② route ③ political line (e.g. right revisionist road) ④ CL:條|条[tiao2] |
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| to examine ② to check up on ③ to assess ④ to review ⑤ appraisal ⑥ review ⑦ evaluation |
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| having both integrity and talent (idiom) |
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| to degenerate ② to go bad ③ to deteriorate ④ metamorphosis |
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| to relate to ② concerning ③ about |
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| cohesion ② cohesiveness ③ cohesive |
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| if only (sth were possible) ② I wish (that) |
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| to change one's views (idiom) |
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| to congregate ② to assemble ③ to mass ④ to gather together ⑤ to amass ⑥ to polymerize |
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| 大名鼎鼎[大名鼎鼎] dàmíngdǐngdǐng |
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| celebrated and famous (idiom) |
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| to alternate ② to take turns |
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| callus (patch or hardened skin) ② corns (on feet) ③ also 趼子 |
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| callus (patch or hardened skin) ② corns (on the feet) |
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| elderly lady (respectful) ② esteemed mother ③ CL:位[wei4] |
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| cold and cheerless ② fig. lonely ③ unfrequented |
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| change ② transform ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| involuntary ② automatically |
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| labor ② parturition ③ delivery |
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| pleasure of heavenly agreement (idiom); family love and joy ② domestic bliss |
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| many and complicated ② mired in minor details |
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| tedious ② convoluted ③ fiddly ④ pedantic |
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| Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three principles of the people (late 1890s) |
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| the first meridian ② the prime meridian |
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| line of latitude ② parallel |
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| lines of latitude and longitude ② warp and woof |
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| 经纬万端[經緯萬端] jīngwěiwànduān |
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| to lift restrictions (such as curfew or martial law) |
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| to impose martial law ② to impose curfew ③ martial law ④ curfew ⑤ emergency measures |
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| renegade ② traitor ③ to betray one's country |
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| renegade province (term PRC uses for Taiwan) |
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| tolerant and open-minded (idiom) |
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| tolerant ② forgiving ③ to pardon ④ to forgive ⑤ can contain ⑥ can hold ⑦ to tolerate ⑧ to show tolerance |
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| antler ② deer horn (used in traditional Chinese medicine) ③ abatis (defensive obstruction with sharp points) |
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| concentration (percentage of dissolved material in a solution) ② consistency ③ thickness ④ density ⑤ viscosity |
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| to lead to ② to create ③ to cause ④ to bring about |
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| omen ② sign (that sth is about to happen) ③ warning sign |
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| Burkina Faso, West Africa |
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| Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso |
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| Niger (African state) ② Niger River, West Africa |
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| to serve in the army ② in active service |
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| Tan Fuying (1906-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生 |
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| Four great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 馬連良|马连良, Tan Fuying 譚富英|谭富英, Yang Baosen 楊寶森|杨宝森, Xi Xiaobo 奚嘯伯|奚啸伯 |
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| four great basin depressions of China, namely: Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 準葛爾盆地|准葛尔盆地 and Tsaidam or Qaidam 柴達木盆地|柴达木盆地 in north Xinjiang Sichuan 四川盆地 |
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| to dismiss ② to fire ③ to degrade |
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| act in a (official or personal) |
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| household dish, implement or furniture ② domestic animal ③ guy (slang) ④ chap |
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| foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate |
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| bamboo ② CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] |
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| tangerine ② CL:個|个[ge4],瓣[ban4] |
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| T'bilisi, capital of Georgia or Gruzia 格魯吉亞|格鲁吉亚[Ge2 lu3 ji2 ya4] |
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| 画饼充饥[畫餅充飢] huàbǐngchōngjī |
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| to feed on illusions (idiom) |
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| how can it be that? ② (rhetorical adverb) |
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| to follow the track of an overturned cart ② to repeat a disastrous policy |
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| to attend to everything personally |
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| lacking the final bucket of earth (idiom); to fail for lack of a final effort ② to fall at the last hurdle |
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| to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain |
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| 阿拉伯联合酋长国[阿拉伯聯合酋長國] Ālābó Liánhé Qiúchángguó |
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| United Arab Emirates (UAE) |
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| United Arab Emirates ② abbr. for 阿拉伯联合酋长国 |
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| United Arab Emirates ② abbr. for 阿拉伯联合酋长国 |
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| 特洛伊木马[特洛伊木馬] Tèluòyī Mùmǎ |
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| to throw out ② to get rid of |
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| tangible benefit ② material advantages ③ advantageous (deal) ④ substantial (discount) |
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| to have one's eyes on (a goal) ② having sth in mind ③ to concentrate |
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| just out of the steamer basket 蒸籠|蒸笼 ② to appear (of products, publications, sometimes derog., "lots of shoddy material is appearing nowadays") |
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| Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan ② Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian, PRC |
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| constitutional government |
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| to put down a rebellion (idiom) |
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| to slap on the face ② to box sb's ears |
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| halberd ② long handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade ③ combined spear and battle-ax |
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| mental disorder ② neuropathy ③ mental case (derogatory) |
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| to restrict ② to limit to ③ to constrain ④ restriction ⑤ constraint |
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| meeting place ② place where people gather ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| apt to happen (usually of sth undesirable) ② frequently ③ happening easily (e.g. accident or illness) |
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| to be a good fit ② to be identical with ③ to adjust oneself to ④ to fit in |
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| not only ... but also ② as well as ③ moreover ④ in addition ⑤ furthermore |
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| stage ② section ③ phase ④ period ⑤ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997 |
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| Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, General Secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then |
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| Hu Yaobang (1915-1989), Chinese politician |
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| to drain (by leading off water) ② to unburden oneself ③ to divulge ④ to leak a secret |
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| Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, Prime Minister 1949-1976 |
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| to solicit contributions ② to collect donations |
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| Örkesh Dölet (1968-), one of the main leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989 |
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| Li Peng (1928-), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader of the conservative faction advocating the June 1989 Tian'anmen clampdown |
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| Liu Xiaobo (name of dissident writer) |
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| my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.) ② my humble writing |
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| surname Luo ② old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui) |
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| extravagant ② wasteful ③ exaggerating |
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| to duplicate ② to make a copy of ③ to copy ④ to reproduce ⑤ to clone |
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| Star Trek (US TV and film series) |
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| Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 托爾金|托尔金 |
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| Capricorn (star sign) ② northern people in classical times, a branch of the Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴 |
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| Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac) |
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| 纳尼亚传奇[納尼亞傳奇] Nàníyàchuánqí |
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| The Chronicles of Narnia, Children's stories by C.S. Lewis |
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| marsh ② swamp ③ wetlands ④ glade |
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| school badge ② college insignia ③ university crest |
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| surname Ying ② to answer ③ to respond |
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| richest individual ② top millionaire |
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| lit. appearance ruined by a scar ② fig. to lose face ③ disgraced |
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| initial ② preliminary ③ tentative |
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| inestimable ② incalculable ③ beyond measure |
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| genuine ② honest ③ in good faith ④ honesty ⑤ integrity |
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| rice ② paddy ③ CL:株[zhu1] |
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| dignitary ② distinguished person ③ royalty ④ nobleman ⑤ big shot |
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| to acquire fraudulently ② an illegal exchange |
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| dream of golden millet ② fig. illusions of wealth and glory ③ pipe dream |
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| dream of golden millet ② fig. illusions of wealth and power ③ pipe dream |
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| to gain profit (by underhand means) ② to exploit ③ exploitation |
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| to gain profit (by underhand means) ② to exploit ③ see also 謀取|谋取[mou2 qu3] |
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| joking matter; go back on one's words |
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| the benevolent man cannot be rich (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24). |
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| the benevolent man cannot be rich and vice versa (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24). |
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| for now ② for the time being ③ temporarily |
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| to accompany ② to follow ③ to occur together with ④ attendant |
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| after all (when all is said and done) ② actually ③ outcome ④ result |
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| lit. to drill a hole ② to take advantage of a loophole (e.g. legal) ③ to exploit an advantage ④ to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth. bad) |
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| effect (e.g. greenhouse effect) |
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| domino effect ② ripple effect |
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| the butterfly effect (leading to chaotic dynamics) |
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| 首当其冲[首當其衝] shǒudāngqíchōng |
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| to bear the brunt (idiom) |
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| snobbish (materialistically) (idiom) |
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| common ② everyday ③ average |
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| idea ② concept ③ philosophy ④ theory |
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| security (property held against a loan) ② mortgaged property |
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| to chase ② to pursue vigorously |
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| Injure one and you injure all. (idiom) |
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| admittedly (it's true that...) |
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| bow string ② string of musical instrument ③ watchspring ④ chord (segment of curve) ⑤ hypotenuse ⑥ CL:根[gen1] |
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| to restrict ② to limit to ③ to constrain ④ restriction ⑤ constraint |
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| upright ② regular ③ proper ④ correct |
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| apostrophe ' (punct.) ② accent mark ③ prime symbol (math.) |
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| lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 ② things have not even begun to take shape ③ no sign of success yet |
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| 防患未然[防患未然] fánghuànwèirán |
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| to prevent troubles before the event (idiom); to forestall ② to nip sth in the bud ③ prevention (is better than cure) |
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| to recommend ② to introduce (from outside) |
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| noticeable ② conspicuous ③ spectacular (idiom) |
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| same ② equal ③ equivalent |
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| (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would expect or what would be normal) ② unfortunately ③ against expectations |
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| martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre) ② knight-errant |
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| explanation ② to explain ③ to interpret ④ to resolve ⑤ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| honest ② reasonable ③ fair ④ sensible ⑤ timely ⑥ just (when needed) |
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| like father, like son (idiom) |
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| erhua variant of 壓根|压根[ya4 gen1] ② from the start ③ absolutely ④ entirely ⑤ simply |
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| reasoning ② speculative ③ inference |
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| abbr. for 梵教 Brahmanism ② abbr. for abbr. for 梵語|梵语 or 梵文, Sanskrit ③ abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈, Vatican |
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| to ask (a question) in reply ② to answer a question with a question ③ rhetorical question |
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| candidate who came first in the Han-lin examination (highest rank of the examination system; see 榜眼|榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花|探花[tan4 hua1]) ② (modern) the highest-scoring student in the country, province, school, etc. on the college entrance examination (高考[gao1 kao3] |
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| candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination (see 狀元|狀元[zhuang4 yuan2]) |
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| build up from nothing ② start from scratch |
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| Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) ② Buddhist doctrine |
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| incarnation ② reincarnation ③ embodiment (of abstract idea) ④ personification |
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| Lhokha prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Lho kha |
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| Mahayana, the Great Vehicle ② Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond |
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| Sa'gya town and county, Tibetan: Sa skya, in Shigatse prefecture, central Tibet ② saga (i.e. heroic tale) |
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| reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism) |
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| to be born ② arrival of newborn ③ birth (of a savior or religious leader) |
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| butter tea (Tibetan, Mongolian etc drink derived from milk) |
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| butter sculpture (Tibetan art form using paint derived from milk products) |
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| to surpass ② to transcend ③ to perform religious ceremonies to help the soul find peace |
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| recite or chant Buddhist scripture |
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| to pull apart ② to pry open with the hands |
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| bald eagle ② cinereous vulture ③ condor ④ CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
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| is or is not ② whether or not |
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| ability ② skill ③ source material ④ original story |
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| expert ② scholar ③ mother earth (cf 大地, because the earth is square 地方) ④ a type of green tea |
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| generous ② magnanimous ③ poise ④ a great moral principle |
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| to glitter ② brilliant ③ splendid |
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| texture ② background (texture) ③ grain ④ quality ⑤ character ⑥ disposition |
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| to bind ② bunch ③ bundle ④ classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc ⑤ to control ⑥ surname Shu |
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| in order ② in sequence ③ close to ④ adjacent to |
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| amulet ② protective talisman ③ charm |
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| again and again ② many ③ surname Ta |
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| paper money ② a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) ③ CL:張|张[zhang1],扎[za1] |
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| one of the earliest classics about Fengshui ② see also 黃帝宅經|黄帝宅经[huang2 di4 zhai2 jing1] |
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| stop up ② to squeeze in ③ to stuff ④ Serb (abbr.) ⑤ Serbian |
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| Zai Yi (1856-1922), Manchu imperial prince and politician, disgraced after supporting the Boxers |
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| to accept sth. as true (idiom) |
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| striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another |
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| Lin Sen (1868-1943), revolutionary politician, colleague of Sun Yat-sen, chairman of the Chinese nationalist government (1928-1932) |
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| cheapskate ② stingy person |
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| hardships ② arduous ③ difficult |
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| lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient ② Rob Peter to pay Paul |
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| lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient ② Rob Peter to pay Paul |
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| not stint ② not spare ③ not hesitate (to do sth) ④ not scruple (to do sth) |
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| human nature ② humanity ③ human ④ the totality of human attributes |
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| to operate ② operations; workings; activities (usu. of an organization) ③ thread (computing) |
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| to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures ② life of debauchery |
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| social security (pensions, medical insurance) |
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| first rate ② top rank ③ number one |
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| rich ② luxurious ③ phenanthrene (chemistry) ④ abbr. for the Philippines 菲律賓|菲律宾[Fei1 lu:4 bin1] |
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| to hide ② to conceal ③ to mask ④ to lie low ⑤ to nestle ⑥ to shelter ⑦ to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) ⑧ hidden ⑨ implicit ⑩ private ⑪ covert ⑫ recessed (lighting) ⑬ a hideout |
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| change ② transform ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) |
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| to close the passes ② to seal off the country ③ seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) |
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| also written 緣分|缘分 ② fate or chance that brings people together ③ predestined affinity or relationship ④ (Budd.) destiny |
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| succession ② inheritance ③ hereditary |
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| to economize to avoid shortage ② to go about sth. little by little without letup (idiom) |
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| to have ② to have always had |
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| suburban district ② outskirts ③ suburbs ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| kumquat ② cumquat ③ see also 金橘|金橘[jin1 ju2] |
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| Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Kuomintang ② same as 孫中山|孙中山 |
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| Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style |
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| Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪) |
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| to return (to previous condition) ② Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty ③ to regress |
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| anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in 1904 under Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培 ② same as 復古會|复古会 |
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| Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine |
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| to penetrate everywhere (idiom) |
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| 首席执行官[首席執行官] shǒuxízhíxíngguān |
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| to consult ② to seek counsel or advice ③ to inquire ④ counsel ⑤ counseling |
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| advantageous ② favorable ③ to benefit at others' expense ④ to take unfair advantage |
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| minister of education (history) ② two-character surname Situ |
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| to be reborn ② to regenerate |
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| oracle script ② oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script) |
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| willingness ② would rather (agree to X than Y) |
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| both sides are willing ② by mutual consent |
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| to drag ② to pull ③ to raise a child (through difficulties) ④ to help ⑤ to support ⑥ to drag in ⑦ to chat |
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| an impostor ② to impersonate |
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| current trends ② the present situation ③ how things are going |
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| lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life ② to have great hopes for one's offspring ③ to give one's child the best education as a career investment |
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| to hope one's son works hard (PRC) (idiom) |
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| lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom); fig. the student becomes superior to the master ② same as couplet 青出於藍,而勝於藍|青出于蓝,而胜于蓝 |
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| lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom); fig. the student becomes superior to the master |
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| to inherit ② to carry on ③ to succeed |
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| lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口) ② fig. earnestly (of warning, advice) |
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| good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow |
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| wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance ② love affair ③ romance is in the air |
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| 言归正传[言歸正傳] yánguīzhèngzhuàn |
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| to return to the main topic (idiom); back to business ② to finish a digression and get back to the main subject ③ retournons à nos moutons |
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| to be not content to lag behind (idiom) |
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| characteristic ② special property |
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| 光宗耀祖[光宗耀祖] guāngzōngyàozǔ |
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| to bring honor to one's ancestors |
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| signboard ② shop sign ③ reputation of a business |
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| unconsciously ② unwittingly |
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| right and proper ② authoritative and fair ③ (modified from Confucian Analects) with the right title (or reputation), the words carry weight |
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| Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's Art of War 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]). |
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| Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China |
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| Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China ② erroneous spelling of 利瑪竇|利玛窦 |
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| 汉语水平考试[漢語水平考試] hànyǔshuǐpíngkǎoshì |
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| HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) |
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| 国语罗马字[國語羅馬字] guóyǔluómǎzì |
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| Gwoyeu romatzyh romanization system for Chinese devised by Zhao Yuanren in 1926 |
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| complicate ② complicating |
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| Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and creator of Chinese writing ② Cangjie input method (computing) |
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| Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安 |
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| Shuowen, the original Han dynasty dictionary by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎 |
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| Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字|说文解字 |
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| combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) ② Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements ③ also known as joint ideogram or associative compounds |
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| radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) ② also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character |
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| loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) ② character acquiring meanings by phonetic association ③ also called phonetic loan |
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| lumpy ② rock pile ③ uneven ④ fig. sincere ⑤ open and honest |
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| oracle script ② oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script) |
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| arch. legendary venomous insect ② to poison ③ to bewitch ④ to drive to insanity ⑤ to harm by witchcraft ⑥ intestinal parasite |
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| to poison ② to bewitch ③ to put a spell on sb ④ to harm by witchcraft |
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| to poison ② to bewitch ③ to put a spell on sb ④ to harm by witchcraft |
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| to rust ② to grow rusty ③ to corrode ④ oxidization |
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| mandarin ducks ② affectionate couple |
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| the new moon ② the first day of the lunar month |
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| to correct oneself ② to withdraw or modify one's previous remark |
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| distribution (business) ② logistics |
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| daybreak ② approach of dawn |
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| lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom); fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past ② a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then |
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| to admire ② to praise ③ to appreciate |
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| immediately ② presently ③ following which |
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| to water down ② to play down ③ to trivialize ④ to weaken ⑤ to become dull with time ⑥ to desalinate ⑦ desalination |
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| swift; agile; efficient; quick-witted (colloquial) ② also written 麻利|麻利[ma2 li5] |
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| so that ② in order to ③ easy to use |
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| can be rated as ② can be said to be |
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| to favor ② to think highly of ③ one's good graces |
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| performance ② track record ③ outstanding achievement ④ great feat ⑤ yield (of investment) ⑥ growth ⑦ performance (i.e. company profits) ⑧ sales |
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| 一氧化二氮[一氧化二氮] yīyǎnghuà'èrdàn |
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| nitrous oxide N2O ② laughing gas |
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| acupuncture and moxibustion ② to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion |
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| Chinese mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) ② phonetic ai or i ③ abbr. for Aids 艾滋病[] |
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| take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan) ② keep what is good, discard the rest ③ You need to be selective when studying. ④ In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas. |
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| (technical) manual ② (book of) directions ③ synopsis (of a play or film) ④ CL:本[ben3] |
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| Ryūkyū ② refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan |
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| composition ② make-up ③ ingredient ④ element ⑤ component ⑥ one's social status ⑦ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| income does not cover expenditure ② unable to make ends meet |
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| living hand-to-mouth (idiom) |
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| one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) |
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| 实况转播[實況轉播] shíkuàngzhuǎnbō |
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| live relay ② broadcast of actual scene ③ to broadcast live |
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| to go from house to house ② house-to-house (search) |
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| profane ② secular ③ worldly |
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| a mouthful ② (of speech) pure: perfect accent ③ substance of speech all of a kind (e.g. all lies) ④ unreservedly (accept, agree, promise etc) |
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| at all times and in all places (idiom) |
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| (idiom) to fail in imperial exam |
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| unbearable ② terrible ③ enough ④ unlikely |
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| to like to show off one's knowledge ② to be fond of teaching others (idiom) |
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| to give in charity ② to give alms (to the poor) |
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| to baffle ② to humiliate ③ shame ④ dishonor ⑤ humiliation |
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| personality ② integrity ③ dignity |
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| to personalize ② anthropomorphism |
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| 人各有所好[人各有所好] réngèyǒusuǒhào |
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| each person has his likes and dislikes ② there is no accounting for taste ③ chacun a son gout |
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| to play games (such as Chinese chess) ② to gamble ③ gaming |
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| to apply (paint etc) ② to smear ③ to daub ④ to blot out ⑤ to scribble ⑥ to scrawl ⑦ mud (literary) |
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| guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement ② the punishment fits the crime |
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| betel palm (Areca catechu) ② betel nut |
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| cf Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official famous as honest politician |
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| to conceal ② to hide (a taboo subject) ③ to cover up the truth |
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| black hat (worn by feudal official) ② fig. official post |
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| to uphold ② to hold fast to |
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| that's all ② nothing more |
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| 二一添作五[二一添作五] èryītiānzuòwǔ |
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| lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning) ② to share fairly between two parties ③ to go fifty-fifty |
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| clapper talk ② patter song (in opera) with clapperboard accompaniment |
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| 江山易改本性难移[江山易改本性難移] jiāngshānyìgǎiběnxìngnányí |
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| rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder |
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| to be ② thus ③ so ④ therefore ⑤ then ⑥ only ⑦ thereupon |
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| misgivings ② apprehensions |
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| damage ② destruction ③ to devastate ④ to vandalize |
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| persons involved or implicated ② party (to an affair) |
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| 人证物证[人證物證] rénzhèngwùzhèng |
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| human testimony and material evidence |
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| readily ② flatly (deny, admit and so on) |
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| petty crime ② misdemeanor |
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| to abuse one's power for personal gain (idiom) |
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| variant of 泄露|泄露[xie4 lou4] |
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| to leak (information) ② to divulge |
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| five viscera and six bowels of traditional Chinese medicine |
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| to delay ② to extend ③ to postpone ④ to defer |
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| beauty ② glamor ③ voluptuousness |
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| favorable opportunity for an encounter with a beautiful woman ② also written 艷遇|艳遇 |
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| amiable and approachable (idiom); easy-going ② modest and unassuming ③ (of writing) plain and simple ④ easy to understand |
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| five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 |
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| 小巧玲珑[小巧玲瓏] xiǎoqiǎolínglóng |
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| small and exquisite (idiom) |
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| onomat. ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑) ② tinkling of gem-pendants |
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| onomat. clink of jewels ② exquisite ③ detailed and fine ④ clever ⑤ nimble |
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| to use other people's experience ② to borrow from a source ③ to use as reference |
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| delicate ② fine ③ careful ④ meticulous ⑤ painstaking |
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| down to the smallest detail ② thorough-going ③ fine and detailed |
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| hereafter ② henceforth ③ in the future ④ from now on |
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| must not ② may not ③ not be allowed ④ cannot |
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| be in motion ② to move ③ to run |
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| procedures ② sequence ③ order ④ computer program |
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| a blanket ② CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1],床[chuang2],面[mian4] |
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| delay ② hold-up ③ wasted time ④ loss caused by delay |
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| to prolong ② to extend ③ to delay ④ surname Yan |
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| birth ② birthday ③ brag ④ boast ⑤ to increase |
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| delay ② hold-up ③ to waste time ④ to interfere with |
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| chronic disease ② guilt ③ remorse |
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| common sense ② general knowledge ③ CL:門|门[men2] |
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| duty ② obligation ③ commitment ④ volunteer duty ⑤ CL:項|项[xiang4] ⑥ mandatory ⑦ voluntary |
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| a list ② to list ③ to enumerate |
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| to play games (such as Chinese chess) ② to gamble ③ gaming |
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| favor ② to give charity to sb out of pity |
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| axiom (in logic) ② axiomatic |
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| justice ② righteous ③ righteousness |
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| to assign ② to entrust (a task) ③ to give ④ to bestow |
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| to versify ② to compose poetry |
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| wretched ② poverty-stricken ③ unpresentable (for clothing, gifts, etc.) |
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| to enforce ② enforcement ③ forcibly ④ compulsory |
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| to post (a notice) ② to advertise |
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| 黎明前的黑暗[黎明前的黑暗] límíngqiándehēi'àn |
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| darkness comes before dawn ② things can only get better(idiom) |
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| 活到老，学到老[活到老，學到老] huódàolǎoxuédàolǎo |
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| One is never to old to learn. (idiom) |
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| sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn ② ars longa, vita brevis |
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| to drive in reverse ② fig. to take a backward step ③ retrogressive ④ trying to turn the clock back |
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| hard to bear ② unendurable (pain, suffering) |
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| to boil ② stew ③ to simmer |
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| stay up late or all night |
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| language component ② morpheme ③ individual characters (making up an expression) |
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| not valid ② ineffective ③ in vain |
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| obstacle ② hindrance ③ resistance ④ obstruction |
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| to involve ② to implicate |
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| solve the main problem and everything will follow ② death ends all one's troubles (idiom) |
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| relief ② to free oneself ③ to break away from ④ to extricate oneself ⑤ to relieve ⑥ to liberate ⑦ to emancipate ⑧ free ⑨ relieved |
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| preventative measures ② to guard against accident or disaster |
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| 防患未然[防患未然] fánghuànwèirán |
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| to prevent troubles before the event (idiom); to forestall ② to nip sth in the bud ③ prevention (is better than cure) |
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| it will cause no end of trouble (idiom); nip the problem in the bud |
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| rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown ② secret to all but a few |
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| drenched with blood ② dripping blood (idiom) |
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| to enforce ② enforcement ③ forcibly ④ compulsory |
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| required course ② compulsory course |
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| stuntman ② to work as substitute for sb else ③ scapegoat ④ fall-guy |
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| substitute actor (esp. in fights of theatrical stunts) ② stuntman |
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| When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do ② When in Rome, do as the Romans do |
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| disparity between rich and poor |
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| (dual pronoun) you and me, we two ② variant of 咱|咱[zan2] ③ surname Zan |
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| 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚[平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳] píngshíbùshāoxiānglínshíbàofójiǎo |
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| lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble ② doing things at the last minute ③ to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams) |
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| 临阵磨枪[臨陣磨槍] línzhènmóqiāng |
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| to start to prepare only at the last moment (idiom) |
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| to meet ② to run into ③ to come across |
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| to look after ② to attend to ③ to have in care |
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| cigarette ② smoke from burning incense ③ CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] |
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| to feel wronged ② to nurse a grievance ③ to cause sb to feel wronged |
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| impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force |
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| to give relief (material) |
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| to evade ② to shun ③ to avoid |
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| sleeping mat ② by means of |
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| comparatively ② (preposition comparing difference in degree) ③ to contrast ④ to compare ⑤ rather ⑥ fairly ⑦ clearly (different) ⑧ markedly ⑨ to haggle over ⑩ to quibble |
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| wide ② broad ③ extensive ④ vast |
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| 社会民主党[社會民主黨] shèhuìmínzhǔdǎng |
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| to use other people's experience ② to borrow from a source ③ to use as reference |
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| to use other people's experience ② to borrow from a source ③ to use as reference |
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| think tank ② knowledge base |
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| a shout ② fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group |
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| official ② bureaucrat ③ government employee who doesn't do any work |
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| to check and balance (power) ② checks and balances |
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| to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people |
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| to be ② thus ③ so ④ therefore ⑤ then ⑥ only ⑦ thereupon |
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| to pull ② to draw ③ to pull back ④ to withdraw ⑤ to flash past |
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| to take risks ② to take chances ③ foray ④ adventure |
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| to give ② to grant ③ to pay out |
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| act in a (official or personal) capacity |
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| to express (an emotion) ② to give vent |
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| to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms ② to place on a par with ③ (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y) |
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| to dissolve ② to resolve (contradictions) ③ to dispel (doubts) ④ to iron out (difficulties) ⑤ to defuse (conflicts) ⑥ to neutralize (fears) |
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| parts of the country other than where one is ② foreign lands |
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| cigarette ② smoke from burning incense ③ CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] |
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| to feel wronged ② to nurse a grievance ③ to cause sb to feel wronged |
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| When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do ② When in Rome, do as the Romans do |
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| to feel wronged ② to nurse a grievance ③ to cause sb to feel wronged |
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| to kick ② to trample ③ to tread on |
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| chalk ② CL:支[zhi1],段[duan4] |
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| up to (a time) ② by (a time) |
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| white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) ② white book |
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| a pass (authorization through a checkpoint) ② a laissez-passer or safe conduct ③ to authenticate ④ to confirm name and password on a website ⑤ fig. a condition giving access to benefits (e.g. a diploma as a pass to a career) |
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| man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears |
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| a spoof (web based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc) |
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| 任重道远[任重道遠] rènzhòngdàoyuǎn |
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| a heavy load and a long road ② fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) |
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| gear ② brake ③ sluice ④ lock (on waterway) ⑤ electric switch or circuit breaker |
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| to throw ② to fling ③ to swing ④ to leave behind ⑤ to throw off |
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| bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 錫|锡[xi1]) |
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| end in common ruin (idiom) |
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| peaceful relations ② harmonious |
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| to be completely different ② to be poles apart (idiom) |
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| 才貌双全[才貌雙全] cáimàoshuāngquán |
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| talented and good-looking (idiom) |
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| 智勇双全[智勇雙全] zhìyǒngshuāngquán |
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| to be both brave and resourceful (idiom) |
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| to have both talent and virtue (idiom) |
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| having both integrity and talent (idiom) |
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| Shangri-La (mythical location) ② Shangri-La town and county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan ③ formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸|中甸[Zhong1 dian4] in Tibetan province of Kham |
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| to look under-the-weather (idiom) |
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| to be a professional by training (idiom) |
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| passed on from ancestors ② handed down from generation to generation |
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| 招摇撞骗[招搖撞騙] zhāoyáozhuàngpiàn |
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| to swindle by posing as a VIP (idiom) |
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| to kick ② to trample ③ to tread on |
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| 直截了当[直截了當] zhíjiéliǎodàng |
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| direct and plain speaking (idiom); blunt ② straightforward |
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| lit. (of road) winding and turning (idiom); to speak in a roundabout way ② to equivocate ③ to beat about the bush |
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| lit. a pit for trapping animals ② a trap ③ a snare ④ a booby-trap |
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| ejaculation ② to ejaculate |
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| to snare oneself in one's own trap (idiom) |
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| in the dark ② in secret ③ on the sly ④ surreptitiously |
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| An Jung-geun or Ahn Joong-keun (1879-1910), Korean independence activist, famous as assassin of Japanese prime minister ITŌ Hirobumi 伊藤·博文[Yi1 teng2 · Bo2 wen2] in 1909 |
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| hot selling ② popular product |
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| sharp pointed end ② the tip ③ the cusp ④ tip-top ⑤ most advanced and sophisticated ⑥ highest peak ⑦ the best |
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| science and engineering as academic subjects (abbr. for 理科, 工科) |
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| meaning beyond the words (idiom); unspoken implication ② reading between the lines ③ what is actually intended |
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| simply ② at all ③ practically |
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| to rock ② to shake ③ to sway |
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| to utilize ② to put sth to use |
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| slippers ② CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] |
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| to explain ② to justify ③ to defend (a point of view etc) ④ to provide an explanation ⑤ to try to defend oneself |
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| to issue ② to proclaim ③ to enact (laws, decrees etc) |
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| to give vent to (anger, lust etc) ② to take it out on sb |
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| compensation payment (for injury) ② relief payment |
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| anxiety ② sympathy ③ to sympathize ④ to give relief ⑤ to compensate |
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| to comfort ② to console ③ to stroke ④ to caress ⑤ an old term for province or provincial governor |
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| it goes without saying ② it is self-evident |
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| 轻描淡写[輕描淡寫] qīngmiáodànxiě |
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| to sketch in light shades ② to play down ③ to deemphasize (idiom) |
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| grade 3 ② third class ③ category C |
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| no contact between man and woman (idiom) |
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| 生不逢时[生不逢時] shēngbùféngshí |
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| born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) ② born under an unlucky star ③ ahead of his time |
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| It's hard to please everyone. (idiom) |
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| submit an expense account ② apply for reimbursement ③ write-off ④ wipe out |
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| Chiang Ching-kuo (1910-1988), son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石, Guomindang politician, president of ROC 1978-1988 |
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| Lee Teng-hui (1923-), Taiwanese politician, President of ROC 1988-2000 |
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| to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom) |
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| consultation ② to consult ③ to inquire |
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| limits ② bounds ③ dividing line |
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| to exempt ② exemption ③ immunity |
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| Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia |
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| hurdles ② hurdle race (athletics) |
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| Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898 |
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| Jinggangshan county level city in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi |
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| omen ② million ③ million million, trillion |
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| to evade (paying tax) ② (tax) evasion |
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| to accept a bribe ② bribery |
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| to bribe ② to give bribes |
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| rampant ② wild ③ unchecked |
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| reed ② rush ③ Phragmites communis |
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| Muromachi bakufu, the feudal government of Japan (1338-1573) under the Ashikaga shoguns |
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| Muromachi bakufu, the feudal government of Japan (1338-1573) under the Ashikaga shoguns |
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| lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately ② to misrepresent the facts ③ to invert right and wrong |
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| Vajra, Buddha's warrior attendant ② diamond ③ hard metal ④ pupa of certain insects ⑤ King Kong |
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| lit. to cover light and nurture in the dark (idiom); to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time ② hiding one's light under a bush |
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| the end ② to leave (the stage, an exam room, the field etc) |
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| to incite disharmony ② to instigate |
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| to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between |
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| to break up (a marriage, family etc) |
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| to disperse a meeting ② to adjourn ③ finished |
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| grinding poverty ② poor and blank (idiom) |
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| to sense ② perception ③ to feel (through the senses) ④ a feeling ⑤ an impression ⑥ an experience |
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| to profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback ② It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good. |
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| How could you know it is not a blessing? (idiom) |
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| to work (do manual labor for a living) ② a part time job ③ to moonlight |
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| to thwart ② to foil (sb's plans) ③ to defeat |
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| to lose ② to suffer defeat |
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| metabolism (biol.) ② the new replaces the old (idiom) |
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| anabolism (biology) ② constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc) ③ assimilation |
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| catabolism (biology) ② metabolic breaking down and waste disposal ③ dissimilation |
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| pros and cons ② merits and drawbacks ③ advantages and disadvantages |
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| Disadvantages outweigh advantages. (idiom) |
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| to have both pros and cons (idiom) |
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| primary education ② junior school education |
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| 中等教育[中等教育] zhōngděngjiàoyù |
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| secondary education ② middle school education |
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| family education ② upbringing ③ to bring sb up ④ private tutor |
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| postdoc ② a postdoctoral position |
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| high school ② abbr. for 高等學校|高等学校 |
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| subject ② branch of learning ③ course ④ academic discipline |
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| 神学研究所[神學研究所] shénxuéyánjiūsuǒ |
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| license ② licensed ③ concession ④ concessionary |
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| to equal ② to be tantamount to |
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| 想方设法[想方設法] xiǎngfāngshèfǎ |
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| to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means ② to try this, that and the other |
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| money farm (dealing in illegal foreign currency of money laundering) |
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| 改头换面[改頭換面] gǎitóuhuànmiàn |
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| to adjust one's head and turn one's face (idiom); cosmetic changes ② Despite superficially new policies, the substance remains unchanged. |
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| to control ② to supervise ③ to inspect |
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| to oversee ② to take charge of ③ to supervise ④ to administer ⑤ supervisory ⑥ supervision |
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| to monitor ② to oversee ③ to keep a close watch over ④ to spy on |
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| to supervise ② to auditor ③ to monitor |
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| 欺君罔上[欺君罔上] qījūnwǎngshàng |
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| to deceive the lord and fool the superiors (idiom) |
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| deed ② past achievement ③ important event of the past |
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| constraint ② take into custody ③ to restrain |
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| scene ② view ③ sight ④ landscape ⑤ to be well-regarded ⑥ to be well-off ⑦ grand (topolect) ⑧ impressive (topolect) |
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| imminent danger (idiom); approaching a crisis |
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| to be in a state of emergency ② to report an emergency ③ to ask for emergency assistance |
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| to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime) ② to serve |
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| to cede territory and pay indemnities (to the victor in war) (history) (idiom) |
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| promotion to the nobility (idiom) |
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| Kublai Khan (1215-1294), grandson of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗, first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294 |
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| to succeed to the throne ② accession |
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| to honor a check (by paying in cash) ② to conclude a deal in cash |
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| for fear that ② lest ③ also written 惟恐 |
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| (of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed |
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| official in charge of public records |
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| dignity ② sanctity ③ honor ④ majesty |
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| and even ② to go so far as to |
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| to flatter ② to laud sb's accomplishments ③ adulation |
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| gargantuan ② as big as the sky ③ enormous |
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| lit. a leading-line to thread a needle (idiom); fig. a go-between |
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| inside story ② non-public information ③ behind the scenes ④ internal |
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| to return evil for good ② to requite kindness with ingratitude (idiom) |
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| to return evil for evil (idiom) |
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| magnificent feat ② impressive feat ③ heroic undertaking ④ heroic attempt |
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| both parties (to a lawsuit) ② plaintiff and defendant |
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| Each holds fast to his own views. (idiom) |
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| to act on one's own ② to decide for oneself ③ to talk to oneself ④ to soliloquize (idiom) |
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| farce ② CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1],幕[mu4] |
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| to get angry ② irritated ③ to annoy ④ to aggravate ⑤ annoying |
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| It shall be as you wish. (idiom) |
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| to baffle ② to humiliate ③ shame ④ dishonor ⑤ humiliation |
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| personality ② integrity ③ dignity |
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| to sweep the floor ② to reach rock bottom ③ to be at an all-time low |
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| openly ② publicly ③ undisguised |
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| ample ② complete ③ hundred percent ④ a pure shade (of some color) |
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| how can it be that? ② (rhetorical adverb) |
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| How should I not think about you? (idiom) |
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| to destroy ② to exterminate ③ extinction ④ to perish ⑤ to die out ⑥ to become extinct |
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| to advocate ② to stand for ③ view ④ position ⑤ stand ⑥ proposition ⑦ viewpoint ⑧ assertion ⑨ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| 船到桥头自然直[船到橋頭自然直] chuándàoqiáotóuzìránzhí |
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| When the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current (俗话 common saying). fig. Everything will be all right. ② cf couplet 車到山前必有路,船到橋頭自然直|车到山前必有路,船到桥头自然直 |
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| It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom) |
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| The ship has docked, the carriage has reached the station. ② The job is over, it's time to relax. (idiom) |
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| bright ② smart ③ quick-witted ④ heart ⑤ thoughts ⑥ spirit |
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| to be quick on the uptake (idiom) |
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| valley ② gully ③ mountain region |
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| sunflower (Helianthus annuus) |
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| to feel with the hand ② to touch ③ to stroke ④ to grope ⑤ to feel (one's pulse) |
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| hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive ② fig. having an uncomfortable time |
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| La comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré de Balzac 巴爾扎克|巴尔扎克[Ba1 er3 zha1 ke4] |
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| the fairest in the human world (idiom) |
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| new ② up and coming ③ newly developing ④ rising |
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| 至关重要[至關重要] zhìguānzhòngyào |
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| extremely important ② vital ③ crucial ④ essential |
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| to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) ② To use western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment (late Qing modernizing slogan). |
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| to suffer enough from ② to suffer all kinds of ③ to have one's fill of |
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| the Great Powers (history) |
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| lit. to cover light and nurture in the dark (idiom); to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time ② hiding one's light under a bush |
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| to hide one's capacities and bide one's time (idiom) |
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| combative ② given to fighting (idiom) |
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| to use softness to overcome hardness (idiom) |
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| to disintegrate ② to divide and demoralize (idiom) |
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| Buffy (the vampire slayer), star of TV series |
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| to ignore ② to let alone ③ to indulge |
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| Star God of Rank and Affluence (Daoism) |
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| 自律性组织[自律性組織] zìlǜxìngzǔzhī |
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| Self-Regulation Organization ② SRO |
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| to beat sb ② to beat (a drum) |
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| to explain ② to justify ③ to defend (a point of view etc) ④ to provide an explanation ⑤ to try to defend oneself |
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| not the only ② not merely ③ not simply |
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| adverbial adjunct (adverb or adverbial clause) |
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| the truth about sth ② the actual facts |
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| a pack of rogues (idiom); a gang of scoundrels |
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| bald headed person (disrespectful) ② having a score of zero in a game ③ to be skunked (game) |
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| Actually, that is not the case. (idiom) |
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| unwilling to do sth ② incapable of sth ③ to quit |
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| 甩手掌柜[甩手掌櫃] shuǎishǒuzhǎngguì |
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| lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper ② fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself |
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| to fling one's arms (in anger) ② to shake one's fist |
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| to beat up ② to break to pieces |
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| to be beaten ② to take a drubbing ③ buffeted ④ knocked about |
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| 凭票入场[憑票入場] píngpiàorùchǎng |
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| diabetes ② diabetes mellitus |
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| diligent and thrifty (idiom) |
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| to build up the country through thrift and hard work (idiom) |
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| 寅吃卯粮[寅吃卯糧] yínchīmǎoliáng |
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| living hand-to-mouth (idiom) |
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| to look forward to ② to await ③ expectation |
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| aspiration ② wish ③ ideal ④ volunteer |
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| cherished desire ② dream ③ craving ④ wish ⑤ aspiration |
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| to put on airs ② to adopt a false attitude |
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| to mix together (disparate substances) ② to mingle ③ a mix ④ to be tangled up with |
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| base ② mean ③ contemptible ④ despicable |
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| sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action) |
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| poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) |
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| poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) |
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| even-handed ② impartial ③ unbiased ④ exact ⑤ just |
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| 偏听偏信[偏聽偏信] piāntīngpiānxìn |
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| to heed and trust only one side (idiom) |
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| extreme (usu. of thoughts, speech, circumstances) |
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| lit. to mend the pen after the sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to take action too late ② to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted ③ better late than never |
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| an essay in eight parts ② stereotyped writing |
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| to have more meals a day but less food at each (idiom) |
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| to get the desired outcome ② to win favor by fawning on sb ③ to curry favor with ④ a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor |
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| complaint ② to file a complaint ③ to sue |
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| snail's home; fig. humble abode |
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| dark ② gloomy ③ dismal ④ by painstaking effort |
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| strong ② solid ③ sturdy ④ firm ⑤ practical |
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| to set up a stall ② to maintain a large staff and organization |
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| motorcycle taxi ② abbreviation for 摩托車的士|摩托车的士[mo2 tuo1 che di1 shi4] |
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| 挺身而出[挺身而出] tǐngshēn'érchū |
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| to open up land for cultivation ② to garrison troops to open up land |
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| area of land opened up for cultivation ② kibbutz |
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| to station (soldiers) ② to store up |
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| Sanlitun (Beijing street name) |
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| to garrison the border ② to guard the frontier ③ exile to a border garrison post |
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| large military unit ② formation ③ corps ④ army |
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| residue ② disreputable people |
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| to find joy in sorrows (idiom); to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering |
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| painful embarrassment ② predicament ③ difficulties |
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| to duplicate ② to make a copy of ③ to copy ④ to reproduce ⑤ to clone |
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| goose pimples ② goose bumps |
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| Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, "Il Duce", president 1922-1943 |
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| Mosuo ethnic group of Yunnan and Sichuan |
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| to demolishing a building and relocate the inhabitants |
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| drainage ② to run off ③ to wash away |
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| to avoid (esp. responsibility) ② to shift (the blame) ③ to pass the buck |
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| to break the ice ② groundbreaking (in relations) |
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| variant of 合家|合家[he2 jia1] |
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| whole family ② entire household |
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| it goes without saying ② it is self-evident |
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| Descendants of the Fiery Emperor and Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people) |
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| to sink (into ruin, oblivion) ② to be reduced to |
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| major achievement ② great work ③ triumphant success |
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| only remaining of the great (saw); one of the few greats extant |
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| oneness of heaven and humanity ② the theory that man is an integral part of nature |
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| festival entertainment (lion dance, dragon lantern etc) |
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| to wither ② to dry up (of a plant) ③ to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) |
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| lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) ② spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April |
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| double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month ② girls' festival ③ Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting |
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| Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story) ② separated lovers ③ Altair and Vega (stars) |
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| Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 ② Altair (star) |
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| catastrophe ② cataclysmic change |
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| lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently ② to know sth inside-out ③ to know sth by heart |
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| to be completely different ② to be poles apart (idiom) |
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| in a bid for success (idiom) |
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| raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) ② raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) ③ also called 狸 |
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| in an endless stream (idiom) |
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| exhaust gas ② industrial waste gas ③ steam |
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| to neglect sleep and food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals ② to be completely wrapped up in one's work |
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| clear ② to put in order ③ to check up |
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| megaphone ② loudspeaker ③ amplifier ④ microphone |
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| first thing in the morning ② at daybreak |
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| mood ② frame of mind ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| lit. set up a pole and see the shadow (idiom); fig. instant effect ② quick results |
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| with no clear reason whatever (idiom) |
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| lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) |
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| unavoidable ② a bit too much ③ over the top (you exaggerate) |
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| name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) |
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| countless ② numberless ③ innumerable |
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| example ② model ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| absolutely unrepentant and incorrigible (idiom) |
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| morality and conduct ② Taiwan pr. de2 xing4 |
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| what is true and what is false ② (to get to know) the real situation |
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| philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness |
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| alcohol ② ethanol CH3CH2OH ③ ethyl alcohol ④ also written 乙醇 ⑤ grain alcohol |
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| to weigh ② to consider ③ to assess ④ to balance ⑤ to trade-off |
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| a period of time ② a while ③ for a short while ④ temporary ⑤ momentary ⑥ at the same time |
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| in short ② in a word ③ in brief |
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| correct ② normal ③ to be on good terms with ④ on the right track ⑤ right |
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| Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文 |
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| to initiate ② to start ③ to found |
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| to have enough food and warm clothes ② adequately provided |
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| making one happy ② gratifying ③ heartening |
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| to face dangers calmly ② with no fears of the unknown ③ ghost and goblins hold no fears for me |
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| the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty ② lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom) |
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| to be lost ② to be ruined ③ to perish ④ to wither away |
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| communication ② social intercourse |
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| lit. white cogon flower like fire (idiom); fig. a mighty army like wildfire ② daunting and vigorous (momentum) ③ flourishing ④ magnificent |
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| college ② educational institute ③ school ④ faculty ⑤ CL:所[suo3] |
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| proximity to cinnabar makes you red, to pitch makes you black (idiom, from Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修); different environments provide different influence. ② Nurture determines a person's character. |
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| numbed ② paralyzed ③ apathetic ④ insensitive (idiom) |
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| to investigate the origin of sth. ② to trace a river upstream back to its source |
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| to be panicky and not know what to do (idiom) |
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| demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation ② curious coincidence |
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| frenzied (idiom); completely crazy and ridiculous ② loss of reason ③ insane ④ crazed cruelty |
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| Koxinga (1624-1662), south Chinese regional leader during early Qing, fled the mainland and conquered Taiwan from the Dutch |
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| White Terror = On April 12, 1927, Chiang carried out purge of Communists from the Kuomintang in Shanghai and began large-scale killings. Chiang's forces turned machine guns on 100,000 workers taking to streets, killing more than 5000 people. Throughout April 1927 in Shanghai, more than 12,000 people were killed. The killing in Shanghai drove most of the Communists out of the urban cities and into the rural countryside. The greatest slaughter took place in the countryside, however. The White Terror in China took millions of lives, most of them in the rural areas. The Chinese Communist Party was virtually extinguished. |
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| seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over |
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| indeed ② true! (I agree with you) |
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| to squander money ② extravagant ③ prodigal ④ free and easy ⑤ agile |
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| as one wishes ② according to one's wishes ③ at will ④ voluntary ⑤ conscious |
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| ownership ② possession ③ property rights ④ title (to property) |
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| cost of living ② living expenses ③ alimony |
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| Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books |
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| to drive (vehicle) ② to drive out ③ to chase away ④ to herd (people towards a gate) |
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| to run off in a great panic (idiom) |
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| value ② accord great importance to |
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| to hype ② to promote (in the media) |
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| to take photos as a souvenir ② a souvenir photo |
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| Yamato (possibly 3rd century AD), Japanese state before written records began in 7th century AD, its real dating is controversial |
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| far-fetched ② implausible (chain of reasoning) |
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| 崇洋媚外[崇洋媚外] chóngyángmèiwài |
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| to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas |
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| reason ② rationality ③ rational |
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| Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company |
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| Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company |
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| Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company |
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| Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company |
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| to favor one and disfavor another ② favoritism (idiom) |
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| 牵强附会[牽強附會] qiānqiǎngfùhuì |
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| far-fetched and hard to believe |
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| general facial appearance ② features ③ arrangement ④ sequence of ideas ⑤ logic (of writing) ⑥ rough sketch or general idea of things |
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| to have delicate features (idiom) |
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| stand side by side ② be juxtaposed |
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| to be sure ② to be certain ③ sure ④ certain ⑤ definite ⑥ to confirm ⑦ to affirm ⑧ affirmative |
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| insufficient ② lacking ③ deficiency ④ not enough ⑤ inadequate ⑥ not worth ⑦ cannot ⑧ should |
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| pleasing to the eye ② beautiful ③ artistic |
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| beautiful and dignified (idiom) |
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| hard ② exhausting ③ with much toil |
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| repeatedly ② again and again |
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| to offer an apology ② to make amends |
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| to make a formal apology (idiom) |
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| 侠盗猎车手[俠盜獵車手] xiádàolièchēshǒu |
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| Grand Theft Auto (video game series) |
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| to piss in one's pants in terror (idiom); scared witless |
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| bewildered ② perplexed ③ confused ④ difficult problem ⑤ perplexity |
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| muddled ② silly ③ confused |
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| to price (medical prescription) |
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| swelling or lump on skin ② pimple ③ knot ④ preoccupation ⑤ problem |
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| to deceive ② to coax ③ to amuse (a child) |
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| to trip ② to stumble ③ to hinder |
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| to impersonate ② to act the part of sb ③ to disguise oneself as sb else |
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| 比上不足比下有余[比上不足比下有餘] bǐshàngbùzúbǐxiàyǒuyú |
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| fall short of the best but be better than the worst ② can pass muster |
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| shack ② shed ③ CL:間|间[jian1] |
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| to relax ② to relax efforts ③ to slack off ④ to take it easy ⑤ complacent ⑥ undisciplined |
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| to relax ② loose ③ not consolidated ④ not rigorous |
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| more or less ② or so (of approx age or number) ③ and so on |
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| undisciplined ② unorganized |
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| desultory ② without discipline ③ unrestrained (idiom) |
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| submit an expense account ② apply for reimbursement ③ write-off ④ wipe out |
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| continuously ② persistently ③ incessantly |
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| erhua variant of 一個勁|一个劲, persistently ② continuing |
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| bad ② no good ③ below average ④ disappointing |
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| to cause or lead to (sth. bad) |
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| to give up ② to admit failure ③ to drop the matter ④ to reconcile oneself to loss ⑤ to have no more illusions about |
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| rampant ② unbridled ③ arrogant ④ aggressive |
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| to infuriate ② to enrage ③ to exasperate |
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| 垂死挣扎[垂死掙扎] chuísǐzhēngzhá |
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| unrestrained ② dissolute ③ dissipated ④ unconventional ⑤ immoral ⑥ to debauch ⑦ to dissipate |
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| dissolute ② libertine ③ morally unrestrained |
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| that's all ② nothing more |
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| to return sth. to its rightful owner (idiom) |
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| to put sth. back where it was before (idiom) |
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| (financial) subsidy ② allowance |
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| funds ② expenditure ③ CL:筆|笔[bi3] |
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| to accord ② to give ③ to show (respect) |
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| to express ② to show ③ to place (importance) ④ to have high hopes |
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| storm ② gale ③ strong wind ④ flurry ⑤ blast |
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| Many men, many minds. (idiom) |
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| ample ② sufficient ③ abundant ④ full |
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| to do with difficulty ② to force sb to do sth ③ reluctant ④ barely enough |
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| dumbstruck (idiom); stupefied ② stunned |
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| 开诚布公[開誠布公] kāichéngbùgōng |
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| lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded ② plain speaking ③ Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. ④ to put one's cards on the table |
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| to impel ② to carry forward ③ to push on ④ to advance ⑤ to drive forward |
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| moral (of a story) ② lesson to be learned ③ implication ④ message ⑤ import ⑥ metaphorical meaning |
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| to water down ② to play down ③ to trivialize ④ to weaken ⑤ to become dull with time ⑥ to desalinate ⑦ desalination |
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| 命中注定[命中註定] mìngzhōngzhùdìng |
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| decreed by fate (idiom) ② destined ③ fated |
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| conversely ② but rather ③ to turn and (address a topic, face attackers etc) ④ to turn against sb ⑤ to turn one's thoughts back to ⑥ to come around (to a point of view) |
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| be doomed ② be destined (to failure etc) |
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| to cut ties ② to disconnect ③ out of touch |
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| throw a wet blanket on; throw cold water on |
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| be in a dilemma; be in an awkward predicament; be indecisive; between a rock and a hard place |
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| Bustle without plan or purpose; mess around; being busy without achieving anything |
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| in spite of; regardless of |
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| weird ② cryptic ③ sly ④ treacherous |
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| to exceed ② to go beyond ③ to transcend ④ to cross over ⑤ to jump over |
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| performance ② results ③ achievement |
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| anyone with eyes can see it (idiom); obvious to all ② sth speaks for itself ③ is there for all to see |
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| anyone with eyes can see it (idiom); obvious to all ② sth speaks for itself ③ is there for all to see |
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| one of the given (options, etc.) ② the first ③ firstly |
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| to conceal ② to hide (a taboo subject) ③ to cover up the truth |
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| recall ② dismiss and replace |
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| to exculpate ② to absolve ③ to exonerate |
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| strategic decision ② decision-making ③ policy decision ④ to determine policy |
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| to sing an opposite tune ② to contradict ③ to express an opposing view ④ to strike a discordant note |
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| throughout the world ② world ranking (e.g. first) |
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| to disdain as beneath contempt |
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| to dismiss sb. from his post (idiom) |
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| 情有独钟[情有獨鐘] qíngyǒudúzhōng |
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| to have a feeling for sth (affection, sympathy, passion etc) |
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| 情有独锺[情有獨鍾] qíngyǒudúzhōng |
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| to have a feeling for sth (affection, sympathy, passion etc) |
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| hesitation ② misgivings ③ doubt |
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| alone ② by oneself ③ on one's own |
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| call in (one's subordinates) ② summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview |
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| to console ② to comfort ③ to soothe |
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| inside story ② inside information |
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| secondly ② the other (usu. of the two); the second |
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| to implicate ② implicated |
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| land tax ② money and grain (given as tax or tribute) |
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| in order to avoid ② so as not to |
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| panic ② panicky ③ panic-stricken |
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| storm ② violent commotion ③ fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc) |
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| lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease ② to give in |
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| follow-up ② (dialect) to remarry |
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| to sell (off) ② to betray |
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| to live high and look down (idiom); occupying the high ground ② fig. arrogance based on one's social position |
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| 身历其境[身歷其境] shēnlìqíjìng personally (idiom) |
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| to do with difficulty ② to force sb to do sth ③ reluctant ④ barely enough |
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| from beginning to end ② all along |
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| Chinese musical note ② fit ③ to join ④ counter for matches, battles etc |
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| regard ② kindly feelings ③ intention |
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| appropriate to the occasion ② fitting |
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| moment ② momentary ③ in a flash |
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| one instant ② very short time ③ the twinkle of an eye |
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| to burn with jealousy (idiom) |
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| number 21 of the 28 constellations 二十八宿, approx. Orion 猎户座 |
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| the twenty-eight constellations |
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| to hear but not understand (idiom) |
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| the Japanese Twenty-one demands of 1925 |
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| 师生员工[師生員工] shīshēngyuángōng |
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| faculty, students, and staff (idiom) |
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| composition ② make-up ③ ingredient ④ element ⑤ component ⑥ one's social status ⑦ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| 乘风转舵[乘風轉舵] chéngfēngzhuǎnduò |
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| to take one's cue from the changing conditions (idiom) |
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| spring wind, sexual intercourse |
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| to reduce ② to tighten ③ to cut back (budget etc) ④ recession |
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| to sneer at ② to ridicule ③ to taunt |
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| to collude with ② to collaborate with ③ to gang up with |
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| inside story ② non-public information ③ behind the scenes ④ internal |
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| to tidy up ② to reorganize ③ to consolidate ④ to rectify |
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| newspapers and periodicals ② the press |
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| expression of (political) opinion |
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| to lift ② to raise in height ③ to begin ④ upsurge ⑤ to set off (a campaign) |
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| to make more beautiful ② to decorate ③ embellishment |
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| to use the past to disparage the present (idiom) |
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| to use the past to disparage the present (idiom) |
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| to touch (one's feelings) |
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| chick ② newly hatched chicken |
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| stay clear of the enemy's main force and ② strike at his weak points |
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| shadow ② fig. a traumatic experience that haunts someone |
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| to use fully ② to put to use |
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| to rise again (after a fall) ② to pick up ③ see also 反彈|反弹[fan3 dan4] |
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| to be willing to ② satisfied |
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| 众星拱辰[眾星拱辰] zhòngxīnggǒngchén |
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| lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[Bei3 chen2] (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure ② to group around a revered leader |
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| supreme ② paramount ③ unsurpassed |
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| scene ② view ③ sight ④ landscape ⑤ to be well-regarded ⑥ to be well-off ⑦ grand (topolect) ⑧ impressive (topolect) |
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| 垂帘听政[垂簾聽政] chuíliántīngzhèng |
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| to hold court from behind a screen (of an empress, etc.) (idiom) |
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| honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back ② no surrender ③ to pursue justice with no second thoughts |
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| to pursue justice with no turning back (idiom) |
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| 勇往直前[勇往直前] yǒngwǎngzhíqián |
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| to put in place ② put into practice ③ take effect |
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| to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time |
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| so much so that ② to the extent that ③ even |
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| overbearing ② forceful ③ aggressive ④ menacing ⑤ imperious |
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| public ethics ② social morality |
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| pleasure from helping others (idiom) |
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| 助人为快乐之本[助人為快樂之本] zhùrénwéikuàilèzhīběn |
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| pleasure from helping others |
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| to cherish ② to treasure ③ to take care of ④ to love and protect |
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| blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) |
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| to be lacking in moral sense ② to lack common basic respect for others ③ lacking in virtue ④ mischievous ⑤ wicked ⑥ cruel ⑦ mean |
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| paper towel ② napkin ③ facial tissue ④ CL:張|张[zhang1],包[bao1] |
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| accomplishment ② training ③ self-cultivation |
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| reason ② intellect ③ rationality |
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| respect the old and cherish the young |
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| publicly known (to be) ② accepted (as) |
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| to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people ② altruism |
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| flowing (of speech, writing) ② fluent ③ smooth and easy |
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| prosperous ② thriving ③ to prosper ④ to flourish |
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| honest ② upright ③ positive value |
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| upright ② upstanding ③ honest |
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| complete nonsense (idiom) |
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| to dispel phlegm (general term of traditional Chinese medicine) |
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| to abdicate ② modest ③ yielding ④ unpretentious ⑤ inferior to |
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| inferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior) |
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| far-fetched ② implausible (chain of reasoning) |
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| first ② for the first time ③ primary ④ tentative |
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| to gather together ② to collect ③ to approach ④ to draw near to ⑤ to add ⑥ to sum up ⑦ to comb (hair) |
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| to close one's eyes ② to get to sleep |
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| promotion ② upgrade ③ to escalate (in intensity) ④ step up ⑤ to increase ⑥ to rise ⑦ to go up |
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| platitudes and clichés (idiom) |
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| equal ② balanced ③ harmony ④ equilibrium |
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| to seize the chance ② opportunistic |
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| to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
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| to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others |
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| Lopnur nahiyisi or Yuli county in Bayin'guoleng Mongol autonomous prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭愣蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng4 Meng3 gu3 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang |
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| compile ② draw up ③ work out ④ fabricate ⑤ invent ⑥ concoct ⑦ make up ⑧ cook up ⑨ create out of the imagination |
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| If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb ② Give a dog a bad name, then hang him. |
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| cold and detached towards sb ② lack of regard ③ indifference ④ neglect |
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| to dodge ② to duck out of the way ③ shaken (by a fall) ④ to sprain ⑤ to pull a muscle ⑥ lightning ⑦ spark ⑧ a flash ⑨ to flash (across one's mind) ⑩ to leave behind ⑪ surname Shan |
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| lightning wedding ② to get married on the spur of the moment |
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| musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) ② also called 香獐子 |
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| musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) |
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| Romance of the West Chamber by Wang Shifu 王實甫|王实甫 |
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| master ② qualified worker ③ CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] |
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| used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan) ② master ③ qualified worker |
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| unexpectedly ② to one's surprise ③ in spite of everything ④ in that crazy way ⑤ actually ⑥ to go as far as to |
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| unexpectedly ② to one's surprise ③ go so far as to |
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| in short ② in a word ③ in brief |
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| script for play, opera, movie etc ② screenplay |
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| Each has his likes and dislikes (idiom). There is no accounting for tastes. ② chacun son gout |
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| each has his strong points (idiom) |
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| general relativity ② Einstein's theory of gravity |
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| to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) |
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| at long last ② finally ③ on the whole |
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| 凤毛麟角[鳳毛麟角] fèngmáolínjiǎo |
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| lit. phoenix feather and unicorn horn, fig. an extremely rare object (idiom) |
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| to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording |
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| to disdain to do sth ② to think sth not worth doing ③ to feel it beneath one's dignity |
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| vast ② broad ③ to develop |
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| magnanimous ② generous ③ broad-minded |
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| magnanimous (idiom); generous |
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| to tour ② sightseeing ③ tourism |
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| to deem it an honor (idiom) |
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| to learn a lesson (from a previous error) ② to take warning from sth. (idiom) |
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| to learn a lesson (from a previous error) ② to take warning from sth. (idiom) |
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| to regard it as a disgrace (idiom) |
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| pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction |
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| forthright speak ② to talk bluntly |
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| a long period of peace and order (idiom) |
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| to recover (territory or power) ② the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945 |
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| notorious ② infamous ③ egregious (bandits) |
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| with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom) |
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| to string together ② to mix up ③ to conspire ④ to connect ⑤ a string (computing) ⑥ (classifier for rows or strings) |
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| yí expression of surprise |
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| on the up ② currently winning ③ rising (in popularity etc) |
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| incoherent speech ② to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom) |
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| like a smile yet not a smile (idiom) |
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| Four Asian Tigers ② East Asian Tigers ③ Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong) |
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| eventually ② after all ③ anyhow |
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| returnee ② student returning after study abroad |
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| shortcut ② pavement ③ sidewalk ④ makeshift road |
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| dispirited ② dejected ③ dismayed |
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| to face ② to overlook ③ to arrive ④ to be (just) about to ⑤ just before |
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| sleeping sickness ② African trypanosomiasis |
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| to look distracted ② to stare blankly ③ distracted ④ blank ⑤ (coll.) unexpectedly |
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| inert gas; noble gas (chemistry) |
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| persist in evil and you will bring about your own destruction |
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| to open a business ② to open a practice ③ open (for business) |
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| It is like a dream and yet it is no dream. (idiom) |
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| dispirited ② dejected ③ dismayed |
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| to advocate ② to stand for ③ view ④ position ⑤ stand ⑥ proposition ⑦ viewpoint ⑧ assertion ⑨ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| to buy a title ② to use wealth to acquire office |
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| policy ② guidelines ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| privy council (the principal council of the sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers and other persons chosen by the king or queen) |
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| circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary ② imperative |
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| beautiful ② wonderful ③ splendid |
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| to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse |
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| man of superior talent (idiom) |
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| strength ② vigor ③ vitality ④ original vital breath (Chinese medicine) |
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| to restrain one's grief and accept the change (said in advice to bereaved) (idiom) |
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| to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) ② to repeat sth over and over again ③ to torment sb ④ to play crazy |
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| Flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom) ② constant activity prevents decay |
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| consideration ② ability to be considerate ③ thoughtfulness ④ social grace ⑤ ability to see how to treat others ⑥ heart ⑦ intention ⑧ conscience ⑨ mind (esp. narrow-minded etc) ⑩ cleverness ⑪ wits ⑫ N.B. not mind's eye |
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| director ② head ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| chairperson ② premier ③ chairman ④ CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
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| to abstain from voting ② to forfeit ③ to waive one's right to vote ④ to abdicate |
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| also ② as if ③ still ④ to scheme ⑤ a Jew |
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| miniature ② a big picture in a nutshell ③ the epitome (of sth) |
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| official in feudal court ② subject |
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| to reprint ② a duplicate ③ a clone |
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| it goes without saying ② it is self-evident |
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| to model ② to mould ③ plastic (arts) ④ flexible ⑤ to portray (in sculpture or in words) |
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| to impose martial law ② to impose curfew ③ martial law ④ curfew ⑤ emergency measures |
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| not yet, not necessarily not |
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| It is not necessarily impermissible ② impossible. (idiom) |
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| imminent danger (idiom); approaching a crisis |
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| officialdom ② bureaucracy |
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| control ② dominate ③ monopolize |
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| value ② accord great importance to |
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| to compromise ② to reach terms ③ a compromise |
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| Sagittarius (star sign) ② men and horses (e.g. on parade) ③ centaur |
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| great scholar respected for learning and integrity |
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| lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world ② all-powerful |
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| surname Yin ② flourishing ③ dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province |
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| no need to look far for a lesson ② the lessons of history are close at hand (idiom) |
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| one can't tell how many ② numerous similar cases |
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| eternal glory ② will never be forgotten |
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| to pass on (to future generations) ② passed on (from former times) ③ a continued tradition ④ an inheritance |
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| to leave a name handed down in history forever (idiom) |
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| to leave a name never to be forgotten (idiom) |
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| to haggle over every ounce ② fig. to worry unduly over minor matters |
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| Ketagalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, esp. northeast corner |
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| an actual example ② UNIX shell |
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| at a stalemate ② deadlocked ③ in unrelenting mutual opposition |
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| lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party |
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| 鹬蚌相争[鷸蚌相爭] yùbàngxiāngzhēng |
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| lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party |
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| rich ② abundant ③ exuberant ④ to add for free ⑤ to throw in as bonus ⑥ to spare ⑦ to forgive ⑧ despite ⑨ although ⑩ surname Rao |
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| less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish ② the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
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| to choke ② to stifle ③ to restrain ④ to hold back ⑤ to hold in (urine) ⑥ to hold (one's breath) |
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| to feel suffocated or oppressed ② to choke with resentment ③ to feel injured or resentful |
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| to be unable to repress one's anger any longer ② to be unable to hold one's breath any longer |
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| to hold one's breath ② to smolder with resentment |
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| to gently stroke ② to brush lightly ③ to move slowly ④ to dawdle ⑤ to dillydally ⑥ to pester ⑦ to nag |
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| time ② era ③ period of time |
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| to wear down ② to sap ③ to whittle away ④ to while away ⑤ to idle away |
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| (slang) to take a taxi ② to go by taxi |
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| every trade ② all professions ③ all walks of life |
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| friendly ② polite ③ amiable |
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| to drill ② to bore ③ to get into ④ to make one's way into ⑤ to enter (a hole) ⑥ to thread one's way through ⑦ to study intensively ⑧ to dig into ⑨ to curry favor for personal gain |
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| flee ② escape ③ run away ④ leap |
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| to assist by the arm ② to mix ③ to support ④ to sustain |
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| to mix ② to mingle ③ to interfere ④ to meddle ⑤ also written 摻和|掺和 |
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| to suffer defeat ② to lose (a battle, an election) ③ the loser |
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| know (through learning or by experience) ② CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| to stowaway (on a ship) ② to steal across the international border ③ to run a blockade |
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| permanent resident ② person with the right to live in a country or territory |
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| striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another |
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| o hear (a case), to process (a case) |
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| to guarantee ② to vouch for |
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| person from Shandong ② often refers to Confucius |
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| hard labor (in penal code) ② coolie |
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| natural resource (such as water or minerals) ② resource (such as manpower or tourism) |
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| 时势造英雄[時勢造英雄] shíshìzàoyīngxióng |
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| Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero. |
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| the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC ② Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432) ③ surname Xia |
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| hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) ② the crux ③ the main point in an argument ④ sticking point ⑤ deadlock in negotiations |
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| strike, hit with hand ② tap |
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| to seek shelter ② to seek asylum |
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| swear an oath (of office) ② make a vow |
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| dispirited ② dejected ③ dismayed |
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| Shaoxing prefecture level city in Zhejiang |
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| Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗 ② Tiantai County in Zhejiang |
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| Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist. Her most famous works include "Lust," "Caution" and "Love in a Fallen City." She is noted for writings that deal with the tensions between men and women in love, and are considered by some scholars to be among the best Chinese literature of the period. Chang's portrayal of life in 1940s Shanghai and occupied Hong Kong is remarkable in its focus on everyday life and the absence of the political subtext which characterised many other writers of the period. |
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| self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) |
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| to return to former state ② to restitute ③ to recover (from illness) ④ to heal ⑤ recovery |
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| to demobilize ② demobilization |
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| mobilize ② arouse ③ CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4] |
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| NASDAQ ② National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter |
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| to bear ② to support ③ to inherit |
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| 海阔天空[海闊天空] hǎikuòtiānkōng |
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| wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas ② the whole wide world ③ chatting about everything under the sun |
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| an opportunity ② a turning point |
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| (internet slang) shocking ② appalling ③ terrifying ④ terrific |
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| lit. mountain has a connecting pulse throughout like a dragon (idiom, from fengshui); sequence of events ② pedigree ③ cause and effects ④ the whys and wherefors ⑤ where sth comes from and where it goes ⑥ ins and outs |
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| speculation ② to conjecture ③ to surmise ④ to speculate |
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| not to know the immensity of heaven and earth ② an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities |
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| ignorant or parochial arrogance (idiom) |
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| a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom); fig. an ignorant person |
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| 坐井观天[坐井觀天] zuòjǐngguāntiān |
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| lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded |
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| most outstanding ② par excellence |
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| a greatly respected master (idiom) |
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| fraud ② to cheat ③ to plagiarize |
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| fight over ② to rush ③ to scramble ④ to grab ⑤ to rob ⑥ to snatch |
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| River Elegy, influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, said to have stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s. It was a six-part documentary shown on China Central Television in 1988 that announced the death of traditional Chinese civilization. The film asserted that the Ming Dynasty's ban on maritime activities alluded to the building of the Great Wall by China's first emperor Ying Zheng. China's land-based civilization was defeated by maritime civilizations backed by modern sciences, and was further challenged with the problem of life and death ever since the latter half of the 19th century, landmarked by the Opium War. Using the analogy of the Yellow River, China was portrayed as once at the forefront of civilization, but subsequently dried up due to isolation and conservatism. Rather, the revival of China must come from the flowing blue seas which represent the explorative, open cultures of the West and Japan. |
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| lit. monk holding an umbrella: no hair, no sky ② fig. no protection from law (punning on 髮|发[fa4] vs 法[fa3]) or from heaven |
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| complete and beautiful (idiom) to be perfect |
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| to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others |
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| to listen with respectful attention ② (a polite request to sb to speak) ③ we are all ears |
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| allusion (to classic story or saying) ② classical quotation ③ parable |
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| gaiety ② gladness ③ glee ④ merriment ⑤ pleasure ⑥ happy ⑦ joyous ⑧ gay |
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| Money makes everything possible. (idiom) |
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| lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom); with money, you can do anything you like. |
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| officialdom ② bureaucracy |
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| lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world ② all-powerful |
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| surname Yin ② flourishing ③ dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province |
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| no need to look far for a lesson ② the lessons of history are close at hand (idiom) |
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| to pass on (to future generations) ② passed on (from former times) ③ a continued tradition ④ an inheritance |
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| to haggle over every ounce ② fig. to worry unduly over minor matters |
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| 凯达格兰族[凱達格蘭族] Kǎidágélánzú |
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| lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party |
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| lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party |
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| rich ② abundant ③ exuberant ④ to add for free ⑤ to throw in as bonus ⑥ to spare ⑦ to forgive ⑧ despite ⑨ although ⑩ surname Rao |
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| less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish ② the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
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| to choke ② to stifle ③ to restrain ④ to hold back ⑤ to hold in (urine) ⑥ to hold (one's breath) |
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| to be unable to repress one's anger any longer ② to be unable to hold one's breath any longer |
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| to hold one's breath ② to smolder with resentment |
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| to gently stroke ② to brush lightly ③ to move slowly ④ to dawdle ⑤ to dillydally ⑥ to pester ⑦ to nag |
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| to wear down ② to sap ③ to whittle away ④ to while away ⑤ to idle away |
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| (slang) to take a taxi ② to go by taxi |
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| every trade ② all professions ③ all walks of life |
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| friendly ② polite ③ amiable |
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| to drill ② to bore ③ to get into ④ to make one's way into ⑤ to enter (a hole) ⑥ to thread one's way through ⑦ to study intensively ⑧ to dig into ⑨ to curry favor for personal gain |
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| flee ② escape ③ run away ④ leap |
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| to assist by the arm ② to mix ③ to support ④ to sustain |
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| to mix ② to mingle ③ to interfere ④ to meddle ⑤ also written 摻和|掺和 |
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| know (through learning or by experience) ② CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| to stowaway (on a ship) ② to steal across the international border ③ to run a blockade |
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| striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another |
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| o hear (a case), to process (a case) |
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| person from Shandong ② often refers to Confucius |
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| hard labor (in penal code) ② coolie |
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| natural resource (such as water or minerals) ② resource (such as manpower or tourism) |
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| 时势造英雄[時勢造英雄] shíshìzàoyīngxióng |
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| Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero. |
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| the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC ② Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432) ③ surname Xia |
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| hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) ② the crux ③ the main point in an argument ④ sticking point ⑤ deadlock in negotiations |
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| strike, hit with hand ② tap |
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| to seek shelter ② to seek asylum |
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| swear an oath (of office) ② make a vow |
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| dispirited ② dejected ③ dismayed |
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| Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗 ② Tiantai County in Zhejiang |
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| Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist. Her most famous works include "Lust," "Caution" and "Love in a Fallen City." She is noted for writings that deal with the tensions between men and women in love, and are considered by some scholars to be among the best Chinese literature of the period. Chang's portrayal of life in 1940s Shanghai and occupied Hong Kong is remarkable in its focus on everyday life and the absence of the political subtext which characterised many other writers of the period. |
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| self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) |
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| to return to former state ② to restitute ③ to recover (from illness) ④ to heal ⑤ recovery |
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| to demobilize ② demobilization |
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| mobilize ② arouse ③ CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4] |
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| NASDAQ ② National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter |
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| to bear ② to support ③ to inherit |
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| 海阔天空[海闊天空] hǎikuòtiānkōng |
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| wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas ② the whole wide world ③ chatting about everything under the sun |
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| an opportunity ② a turning point |
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| profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism) ② mysterious principles |
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| (internet slang) shocking ② appalling ③ terrifying ④ terrific |
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| lit. mountain has a connecting pulse throughout like a dragon (idiom, from fengshui); sequence of events ② pedigree ③ cause and effects ④ the whys and wherefors ⑤ where sth comes from and where it goes ⑥ ins and outs |
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| speculation ② to conjecture ③ to surmise ④ to speculate |
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| not to know the immensity of heaven and earth ② an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities |
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| ignorant or parochial arrogance (idiom) |
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| a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom); fig. an ignorant person |
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| 坐井观天[坐井觀天] zuòjǐngguāntiān |
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| lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded |
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| most outstanding ② par excellence |
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| a greatly respected master (idiom) |
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| fraud ② to cheat ③ to plagiarize |
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| River Elegy, influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, said to have stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s. It was a six-part documentary shown on China Central Television in 1988 that announced the death of traditional Chinese civilization. The film asserted that the Ming Dynasty's ban on maritime activities alluded to the building of the Great Wall by China's first emperor Ying Zheng. China's land-based civilization was defeated by maritime civilizations backed by modern sciences, and was further challenged with the problem of life and death ever since the latter half of the 19th century, landmarked by the Opium War. Using the analogy of the Yellow River, China was portrayed as once at the forefront of civilization, but subsequently dried up due to isolation and conservatism. Rather, the revival of China must come from the flowing blue seas which represent the explorative, open cultures of the West and Japan. |
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| lit. monk holding an umbrella: no hair, no sky ② fig. no protection from law (punning on 髮|发[fa4] vs 法[fa3]) or from heaven |
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| complete and beautiful (idiom) to be perfect |
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| to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others |
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| to listen with respectful attention ② (a polite request to sb to speak) ③ we are all ears |
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| to complement one another (idiom) |
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| allusion (to classic story or saying) ② classical quotation ③ parable |
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| gaiety ② gladness ③ glee ④ merriment ⑤ pleasure ⑥ happy ⑦ joyous ⑧ gay |
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| Money makes everything possible. (idiom) |
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| lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom); with money, you can do anything you like. |
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| 修身养性[修身養性] xiūshēnyǎngxìng |
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| to behave properly to improve one's character (idiom) |
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| to cultivate one's moral character |
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| to strike a balance between work and rest (idiom) |
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| outlook ② prospect ③ to look ahead ④ to look forward to |
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| complicated ② many ③ in great numbers ④ abbr. for 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3], traditional form of Chinese characters |
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| lit. mountain has a connecting pulse throughout like a dragon (idiom, from fengshui); sequence of events ② pedigree ③ cause and effects ④ the whys and wherefors ⑤ where sth comes from and where it goes ⑥ ins and outs |
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| image ② form ③ figure ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others ② pour encourager les autres |
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| settlement ② international settlement in many Chinese cities established under unequal treaties from 1860 |
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| rendering (computing) ② to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) ③ to exaggerate ④ to embellish |
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| to construct (often sth abstract, such as good relations) ② to set up ③ to develop ④ construction (abstract) ⑤ architecture |
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| lit. to ride a laboring horse to great deeds ② fig. a heroic contribution |
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| lit. see one spot on a leopard (idiom); fig. a restricted view |
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| Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan) |
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| Adolph Abramovich Joffe (1883-1927), Soviet and Comintern diplomat and spy in 1922-23 in Republican China |
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| Yue Fei (1103-1142), Song general famous for fighting the Jin 金 Mongols |
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| the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) |
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| Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period ② Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school |
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| Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and important statesman of Qin state 秦國|秦国 whose militaristic reforms in 356 and 350 BC played a key role in establishing Qin power |
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| Shen Buhai (385-337 BC), legalist political thinker |
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| Han Feizi (c. 280-233 BC) pre-Han dynasty Legalist philosopher |
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| 荀子[荀子] Xúnzǐ and author of On learning 勸學|劝学 |
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| Xun Zi or Hsun Tzu (c.310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher |
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| Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and Prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC |
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| to burn the books and bury alive the Confucian scholars (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC) |
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| lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times ② Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei) |
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| five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信 ② five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends) ③ five phases of Chinese philosophy: water 水, fire 火, wood 木, metal 金, earth 土 |
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| to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance |
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| Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子 |
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| the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, the Book of History 書經|书经, the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, the Book of Changes 易經|易经, and the Spring and Autumn annals 春秋 |
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| Book of History ② a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius ③ also called 尚書經|尚书经 or 尚書|尚书 or 書|书 |
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| spring and autumn ② four seasons ③ the year ④ a person's age ⑤ Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BCE) ⑥ Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BCE) ⑦ used in book titles |
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| three principles and five virtues (idiom) ② the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信) |
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| The Scholars, Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吴敬梓, an extended satire on the Imperial Examination system |
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| Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism ② the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi |
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| Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author |
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| Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?) |
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| mutual promotion and restraint (idiom) |
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| Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty |
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| Imperial College (or Academy), the highest educational body in Imperial China |
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| School of Principle ② Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢[Cheng2 Hao4], Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐[Cheng2 Yi2] and Zhu Xi 朱熹|朱熹[Zhu1 xi1]) |
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| Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子, Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism |
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| gas ② air ③ smell ④ weather ⑤ vital breath ⑥ to anger ⑦ to get angry ⑧ to be enraged |
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| School of Mind ② Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明 ③ 王阳明[Wang2 Yang2 ming2]) |
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| instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong ② innate moral sense |
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| Dàtóng prefecture level city in Shānxī 山西 ② Datong or Great community in neo-Confucian philosophy, sim. New Jerusalem |
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| on end ② in a row ③ in succession |
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| to comment on ② to discuss ③ comment ④ commentary ⑤ CL: 篇[pian1] |
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| to adjourn ② to delay ③ to defer ④ adjournment ⑤ procrastination |
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| you can't guard against it (idiom) ② impossible to defend effectively ③ not much one can do about it ④ It can't be prevented. |
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| Aiwan Pavilion, one Mt Yuelu 岳麓山 in Hubei, famous beauty spot |
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| to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom) |
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| much hardships may awaken a nation (idiom); calamity that prompts renewal |
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| dangers spring up all around (idiom); surrounded by perils |
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| good and bad ② most unfortunate occurrence ③ in any case ④ whatever |
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| dangerous ② perilous ③ endanger ④ almost ⑤ probably ⑥ only |
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| wording ② way of expressing something ③ turn of phrase ④ diction |
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| onomat. chirp ② twitter ③ buzzing ④ to chatter continuously |
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| the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 张衡 in 132 ② abbr. for 候風地動儀|候风地动仪 |
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| the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 张衡 in 132 |
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| Astronomical Unit ② AU ③ 149,567,892 km |
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| to bask in the light ② fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth ③ reflected glory |
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| to make arrangements with ② to talk over with |
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| lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means |
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| over and over again ② again and again |
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| Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645 |
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| out of genuine friendship (idiom) ② sincere feelings |
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| to attend to things and receive people (idiom) |
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| good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow |
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| way of life ② attitude ③ modus operandi |
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| to make a comment out of personal feelings (idiom) |
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| get along with each other |
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| A gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]). |
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| Friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]). |
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| maverick ② deliberately unconventional ③ to conceal the whole story |
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| to elect ② election ③ CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4] |
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| 同床异梦[同床異夢] tóngchuángyìmèng |
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| lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas ② strange bedfellows ③ marital dissension |
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| to decorate ② to dress up ③ to deck |
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| emerge victorious in every battle ② be ever-victorious |
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| Know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's Art of War 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) |
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| Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's Art of War 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]). |
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| lit. overweight, so unable to move ② fig. (of an organization) oversized or overstaffed, so unable to function properly |
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| dangerous ② perilous ③ endanger ④ almost ⑤ probably ⑥ only |
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| to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's Art of War 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]); to win every fight |
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| to respond accordingly to ② to adapt to ③ to cope with |
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| to mix together (disparate substances) ② to mingle ③ a mix ④ to be tangled up with |
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| to copy ② to produce sth after a model ③ to counterfeit |
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| (also yi4 qi5) ② spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice ③ code of brotherhood |
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| all levels of society ② the imperial court and the ordinary people |
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| to linger in one's mind (idiom) |
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| to overturn ② to collapse ③ to lean ④ to tend ⑤ to incline ⑥ to pour out |
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| to summarize ② to generalize ③ briefly ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| not beyond the scope of ② nothing more than |
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| there is no successor (idiom) |
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| the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism) ② legacy ③ mantle |
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| to teach ② to impart ③ a disciple ④ descendant |
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| to debate ② to contend ③ polemics |
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| good opinion ② favorable impression |
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| to denounce ② to censure ③ to rebuke |
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| to speak or write in an outspoken manner (idiom) |
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| to throw all restraint to the winds (idiom) |
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| to beg to differ ② too bad to be accepted (idiom) |
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| (idiom) inharmonious ② incompatible |
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| honor is based on actual achievements (idiom) |
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| hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) ② the crux ③ the main point in an argument ④ sticking point ⑤ deadlock in negotiations |
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| to agree tacitly ② tacit approval ③ default (setting) |
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| difficult to deal with ② difficult to endure ③ ferocious ④ radical ⑤ serious ⑥ terrible ⑦ violent ⑧ tremendous ⑨ awesome |
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| pros and cons ② advantages and disadvantages ③ gains and losses |
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| to weigh ② to consider ③ to assess ④ to balance ⑤ to trade-off |
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| to belong to ② affiliated to ③ to result in sth ④ to incline towards |
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| to decay ② to decline ③ to become corrupt |
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| to crumble ② to collapse ③ to decline ④ to decay ⑤ decadent ⑥ dejected ⑦ dispirited ⑧ balding |
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| encouraged ② to summon up (courage) ③ to encourage ④ to uplift ⑤ to stimulate |
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| to pursue deer ② fig. to vie for supremacy |
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| hunting deer in the central plain (idiom); fig. to attempt to seize the throne |
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| the end ② an ending ③ to wind down ④ to conclude |
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| morality ② righteousness and justice |
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| how couldn't...? ② wouldn't it...? |
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| a sharp weapon ② effective implement ③ an outstandingly able individual |
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| shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling ② also written 燒麥|烧麦 [shao1 mai4] |
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| shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling ② also written 燒賣|烧卖 [shao1 mai4] |
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| to assist ② to complement ③ auxiliary |
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| to tie ② bind or fasten together ③ to kidnap |
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| lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon ② to track sth following clues |
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| moment ② CL:個|个[ge4] ③ constantly ④ always |
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| a best-seller ② a best-selling book ③ a blockbuster |
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| arrangement ② composition ③ layout ④ opening (chess jargon) |
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| aspiration ② wish (for) ③ desire |
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| Naxi district of Luzhou city 瀘州市|泸州市[Lu2 zhou1 shi4], Sichuan |
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| to ingratiate oneself with ② to pander to |
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| thinly veiled ② undisguised ③ flagrant ④ shameless ⑤ barefaced |
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| nausea ② to feel sick ③ disgust ④ nauseating |
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| matchmaker ② go-between (marital) |
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| (saying) social position and economic status be in harmony |
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| If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom); A woman should follow whatever her husband orders. ② We must learn to accept the people around us. |
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| a woman follows her husband no matter what his lot (idiom) |
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| (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss ② until death do us part |
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| mythical evil serpent ② evil dragon in Western mythology, cf Revelations 14:12 |
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| 相依为命[相依為命] xiāngyīwéimìng |
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| mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival ② interdependent |
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| according to ② depend on ③ near to |
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| handkerchief ② CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4] |
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| take care of everything concerning a job ② run the whole show |
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| to do everything oneself (idiom); not to allow others in on the act |
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| forced marriage ② arranged marriage (without the consent of the individuals) |
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| daughter's husband ② son-in-law |
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| to commit an offense ② to violate the law ③ excuse me! (formal) ④ see also 得罪|得罪[de2 zui5] |
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| at once ② immediately ③ forthwith |
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| energy ② vitality ③ vigor ④ vital force |
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| to laugh happily ② a belly-laugh |
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| Curiosity killed the cat. |
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| consciousness ② state of mind ③ compos mentis |
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| theocracy ② also written 神權統治|神权统治[shen2 quan2 tong3 zhi4] or 神權政治|神权政治[shen2 quan2 zheng4 zhi4] |
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| stop up ② to squeeze in ③ to stuff ④ Serb (abbr.) ⑤ Serbian |
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| Comintern ② the international communist movement |
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| Communist international (Comintern) |
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| open one's mouth ② start to talk |
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| to avoid ② to evade ③ to keep away from |
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| refuge ② to take refuge ③ to seek asylum (political etc) |
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| negotiable security (financial) ② certificate ③ stocks and bonds |
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| Bainqen or Panchen Lama, one of two Tibetan spiritual leaders |
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| Bainqen or Panchen Lama, one of two Tibetan spiritual leaders |
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| local conditions and customs (idiom) |
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| to create ② to produce ③ to write ④ creative work ⑤ creation ⑥ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| 青藏高原[青藏高原] Qīng Zànggāoyuán |
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| the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity |
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| Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism ② Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) |
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| tens of thousands ② numerous |
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| cultural relic ② historical relic ③ CL:件[jian4],個|个[ge4] |
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| to pray ② to say one's prayers ③ prayer |
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| to be master of one's own affairs (idiom) |
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| Gelugpa school of Tibetan buddhism |
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| reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism) |
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| 教科文组织[教科文組織] jiàokēwénzǔzhī |
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| UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
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| Sera monastery near Lhasa, Tibet |
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| Ganden monastery, Tibetan: dGa' ldan rNam rgyal gling, Dagzê county 達孜縣|达孜县[Da2 zi1 xian4], Lhasa, Tibet |
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| Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism |
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| reign name 1403-1424 of third Ming emperor Chengzu 成祖 (Zhudi 朱棣) |
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| to present clearly ② to give prominence to ③ to magnify ④ clear and obvious |
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| not in such a way as to ② not likely to |
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| to regard as ordinary or unimportant (idiom) |
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| constantly increasing without limit (idiom); rapid progress in all directions |
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| lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength ② a strategic withdrawal |
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| with redoubled power (idiom) |
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| Duh! (sarcastic interjection) ② nonsense ③ rubbish ④ superfluous words |
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| Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two ② Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit |
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| lit. extreme saturation (idiom); incisive and vivid ② thoroughly (unrestrained) ③ the ultimate in... |
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| to pioneer a frontier area ② to open up new territory |
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| to strive ② to make an effort ③ to exert oneself ④ to encourage |
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| to compromise to avoid a debacle (idiom) |
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| to receive orders ② to follow orders ③ to act under orders |
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| the name does not reflect the reality (idiom); more in name than in fact ② Reality does not live up to the name. ③ Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out. |
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| the name does not correspond to reality (idiom); it doesn't live up to its reputation |
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| module ② unit ③ component ④ assembly |
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| close-fitting ② closest (translation) |
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| value added (accountancy) |
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| to seek common ground while holding back differences (idiom); to agree to differ |
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| feel embarrassed or awkward ② to make things difficult (for someone) ③ to find things difficult (to do or manage) |
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| certainty ② without a doubt |
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| think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance |
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| think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully |
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| to advocate ② to promote ③ to advertise ④ to carry out propaganda on behalf of ⑤ to carry forward ⑥ to bring to great height of development ⑦ to develop and promote |
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| to go easy ② unhurried ③ calm |
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| position ② place ③ seat ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| to involve others (in a crime) ② guilt by association |
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| medieval ② Middle Ages ③ Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties ④ Middle (of a language, eg Middle English) ⑤ used ⑥ second-hand |
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| to match ② to suit ③ mutually compatible |
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| to get married and start a career (idiom) ② to settle down ③ to establish oneself |
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| to combine ② to link ③ to integrate ④ binding ⑤ CL:次[ci4] |
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| (saying) the gains do not make up for the losses |
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| skin deep ② superficial ③ shallow |
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| to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old |
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| to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas |
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| to peep ② to peek ③ to act as voyeur |
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| honored guest ② distinguished guest ③ VIP |
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| greatly ② enormously ③ uncle |
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| Medvedyev (name) ② Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (1965-), Russian lawyer and politician, President of Russian Federation from 2008 |
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| Lantern festival, the final event of the Spring festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar |
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| to argue noisily ② to shout ③ to make widely known ④ to reproach |
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| to extort (money) ② to fleece |
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| squid ② ink fish ③ cuttlefish |
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| pills ② balls ③ meatballs |
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| strength ② energy ③ enthusiasm ④ CL:把[ba3] |
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| garlic ② CL:頭|头[tou2],瓣[ban4] |
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| dumpling in soup ② wonton |
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| lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic ② to hold forth to one's heart's content |
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| head ② skull ③ brains ④ mental capability ⑤ CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] |
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| circumstances ② situation ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| in case (sth happens) ② if ③ once (sth happens, then...) ④ when ⑤ in a short time ⑥ in one day |
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| to catch and hold on ② to continue ③ to go on to do sth ④ to follow ⑤ to carry on ⑥ then ⑦ after that ⑧ subsequently ⑨ to proceed ⑩ to ensue ⑪ in turn ⑫ in one's turn |
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| Lantern Festival ② night of the 15th of the first lunar month ③ see also 元夜|元夜[yuan2 ye4] ④ sticky rice dumplings |
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| non-Han people, esp. to the East of China ② barbarians ③ to wipe out ④ to exterminate ⑤ to tear down ⑥ to raze |
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| the central plains of China ② the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei ③ a plain |
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| weapon ② army (matters) ③ military affairs ④ surname Rong |
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| surname Di ② non-Han people, esp. to the North of China ③ barbarians |
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| barbarian ② bullying ③ very ④ quite ⑤ rough ⑥ reckless |
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| pros and cons ② advantages and disadvantages ③ gains and losses |
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| 延边朝鲜族自治州[延邊朝鮮族自治州] Yánbiān Cháoxiānzúzìzhìzhōu |
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| Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市 |
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| on the analogy of this (idiom) |
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| mid- (e.g. mid-century) ② middle period |
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| a foreigner ② a westerner |
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| 顺理成章[順理成章] shùnlǐchéngzhāng |
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| to spread ② to circulate ③ to hand down |
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| attitude (of the heart) ② state of one's psyche ③ way of thinking ④ mentality |
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| old name for China ② Cathay |
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| to loathe ② to despise ③ contempt |
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| surname Zhu ② all ③ many ④ various |
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| to live high and look down (idiom); occupying the high ground ② fig. arrogance based on one's social position |
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| (idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit ② pride comes before a fall |
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| trend ② to move towards ③ to head for ④ strike (geology) |
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| to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom) ② to surrender territory under humiliating terms |
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| 不平等条约[不平等條約] bùpíngděngtiáoyuē |
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| both ② both of them ③ neither |
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| western goods ② imported goods (in former times) |
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| a section ② to cut off (a length) |
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| 烧杀抢掠[燒殺搶掠] shāoshāqiǎnglüè |
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| burning, killing, and pillaging (idiom) |
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| not to shrink from any crime (idiom); to commit any imaginable misdeed |
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| to hate ② hatred ③ to resent ④ embittered |
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| indignant ② anger ③ resentment |
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| as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course ② inevitable and right |
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| tranquil and even-tempered (idiom); calmly and without stress |
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| to seek truth from facts (idiom) ② to be practical and realistic |
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| neither haughty nor humble ② neither overbearing nor servile ③ neither supercilious nor obsequious |
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| coexist ② get along (with others) |
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| to hold ② to contain ③ to accommodate ④ to tolerate (different opinions) |
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| great and impressive country (idiom) |
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| one's bosom (the seat of emotions) ② breast ③ broad-minded and open ④ to think about ⑤ to cherish |
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| bearing ② manner ③ presence |
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| xenophobic ② anti-foreigner |
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| one more time ② again ③ one more ④ once again |
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| wide-ranging and profound ② broad and deep |
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| a person's name ② person (first person, second person etc in grammar) |
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| 指手画脚[指手畫腳] zhǐshǒuhuàjiǎo |
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| to gesticulate while talking (idiom) ② to explain by waving one's hands ③ to criticize or give orders summarily |
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| to gossip or carp (idiom) |
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| to hit with hands or fists ② to start work ③ to touch |
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| Zhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits) ② (figuratively) a person with the courage to fight against evil |
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| a double-edged sword ② CL:方[fang1] |
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| to look forward to sth ② to wait respectfully |
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| your gracious presence (honorary) (idiom) |
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| trendy ② fashionable ③ foreign styles and trends |
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| filthy ② vulgar ③ debased |
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| to pair up ② to match ③ to arrange in pairs ④ to add sth into a group |
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| sentence pattern (in grammar) |
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| to browse ② to flit through (a book) |
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| thirty fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018 ② cf 戊戌政變|戊戌政变, failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty in 1898 |
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| fifth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干 ② fifth in order ③ letter "E" or roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc ④ penta |
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| 11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog |
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| reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908) |
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| call in (one's subordinates) ② summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview |
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| abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China ② abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province |
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| to translate (to another language) |
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| unexpectedly ② to one's surprise |
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| a time ② everywhere ③ turn ④ all over ⑤ one time |
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| (slang) to take a taxi ② to go by taxi |
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| to grasp ② to hold ③ to operate ④ to manage ⑤ to control ⑥ to steer ⑦ to exercise ⑧ to drill (practice) ⑨ to play ⑩ to speak (a language) |
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| Daxing'anling mountain range in northwest Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China ② Daxing'anling prefecture |
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| educated youth (sent to work in farms during cultural revolution) |
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| according to ② basis ③ foundation |
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| to feel sorry for a person over sth that should have happened |
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| richly endowed by nature (idiom); in a particularly favored environment |
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| in the end; after all is said and done |
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| a port for external trade ② a trading or transit post on border between countries |
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| all kinds of ② all sorts of ③ every (different) kind of |
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| aspect ② phase ③ situation |
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| to be fond of ② also written 熱衷|热衷 |
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| to be prepared for any contingency (idiom) |
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| have no way out ② have no alternative ③ abbr. to 無奈|无奈 [wu2 nai4] |
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| finish ② complete ③ accomplish ④ become ⑤ turn into ⑥ win ⑦ succeed ⑧ one tenth ⑨ surname Cheng |
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| Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist |
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| failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty in 1898 ② also called 戊戌維新|戊戌维新 |
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| 戊戌六君子[戊戌六君子] wùxūliùjūnzǐ |
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| the six gentlemen martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同, Lin Xu 林旭, Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀, Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第, Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁 and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐 |
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| failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty in 1898 ② also known as the hundred days reform 百日維新|百日维新 |
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| lengthy book, speech, etc. (idiom) |
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| condition ② plight ③ extent |
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| natural and unrestrained (of a person's appearance, demeanor, carriage) ② elegant and unconventional |
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| soft ② mushy ③ well-cooked and soft ④ to rot ⑤ to decompose ⑥ rotten ⑦ worn out ⑧ chaotic ⑨ messy ⑩ utterly ⑪ thoroughly |
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| endless ② boundless ③ inexhaustible |
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| to be exposed to the elements (idiom) |
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| to ebb ② to go down ③ to decline |
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| scene ② view ③ sight ④ landscape ⑤ to be well-regarded ⑥ to be well-off ⑦ grand (topolect) ⑧ impressive (topolect) |
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| as before ② (same) as usual |
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| to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own ② a sentimental attachment |
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| laundry detergent ② washing powder |
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| charm ② fascination ③ glamor ④ charisma |
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| to sneer at sb ② to ridicule |
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| surname Chi ② ignorant ③ worm |
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| to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative ② stickler for tradition |
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| circumstances ② situation ③ terrain ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| to beg to differ ② too bad to be accepted (idiom) |
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| handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily |
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| luster ② splendor ③ radiance ④ brilliance |
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| great release of light (idiom) |
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| to flock (to see) ② to mill ③ to throng |
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| to pursue deer ② fig. to vie for supremacy |
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| circle ② ring ③ loop ④ classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc ⑤ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| chapter ② examination paper |
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| variant of 餘|余, remainder ② surname Yu |
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| the north-facing room opposite the master's in a siheyuan 四合院|四合院 |
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| each takes what he needs (idiom) |
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| to rather go without than have sth. shabby (idiom) |
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| rice and noodles ② rice flour ③ rice-flour noodles |
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| a spoof (web based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc) |
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| equal ② balanced ③ harmony ④ equilibrium |
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| hope and expectation ② to anticipate ③ to look forward to ④ to await expectantly |
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| nutrition ② nourishment ③ CL:種|种[zhong3] |
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| to pair up ② to match ③ to arrange in pairs ④ to add sth into a group |
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| very good (of writing) ② very laudable (of demeanor) (idiom) |
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| breed ② variety ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| ignorant or parochial arrogance (idiom) |
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| to regret leaving ② reluctant to part ③ onomat. young leaves stir gently in the wind |
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| thoughts thronging one's mind (idiom) |
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| know (through learning or by experience) ② CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| trolley ② cart ③ barrow ④ handcart ⑤ wheelbarrow ⑥ baby buggy |
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| level and oblique tones (technical term for classical Chinese rhythmic poetry) |
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| phonetics of Chinese, 音[yin1] corresponding to the initial consonant and 韻|韵[yun4] to the rhyme and tone |
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| dual ② duality ③ antithesis ④ coupled phrases (as rhetorical device) ⑤ spouse |
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| allusion (to classic story or saying) ② classical quotation ③ parable |
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| to babble out one's first words ② to begin to babble ③ to prattle (idiom) |
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| original ② authentic ③ lit. original juices, original flavor |
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| read aloud with expression ② recite ③ declaim |
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| 唐诗三百首[唐詩三百首] Tángshīsānbǎishǒu |
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| Three hundred Tang dynasty poems, a stable anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅 |
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| river name ② sound of rain and wind |
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| to read again and again until one knows it by heart (idiom) |
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| hidebound by convention (idiom) |
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| The person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clear (idiom). The spectator sees more of the game. |
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| to train ② culture ③ to bring up ④ to groom (for a position) |
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| mobilize ② arouse ③ CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4] |
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| delicate ② fine ③ careful ④ meticulous ⑤ painstaking |
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| to be equal to ② to be well-matched ③ rival |
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| capital construction (project) ② infrastructure |
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| villa ② CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] |
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| nothing left (money, food etc) ② all finished ③ bright and shiny ④ radiant ⑤ glorious |
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| US Federal Reserve (Fed), the US central bank |
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| to be discreet in word and deed (idiom) |
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| China securities regulatory commission CSRC ② abbr. for 中國證券監督管理委員會|中国证券监督管理委员会 |
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| interaction ② social contact |
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| once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope ② once bitten, twice shy (idiom) |
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| to interview ② to gather news ③ to hunt for and collect ④ to cover |
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| to reply ② to respond ③ to promise ④ to agree |
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| example ② exemplar ③ typical case |
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| Lǐ Shízhēn (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of medical herbs 本草綱目|本草纲目 |
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| (political) achievements ② track record |
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| daughter-in-law ② wife (of a younger man) ③ young married woman ④ young woman |
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| be obstructed ② be blocked up ③ be impassable ④ not make sense ⑤ be illogical ⑥ be ungrammatical |
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| to produce and market all by oneself (idiom) |
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| communication ② social intercourse |
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| inner quality ② basic essence ③ change over time |
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| to force ② to stick in ③ to plant ④ to lose face (slang) |
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| cause ② reason ③ karma ④ fate ⑤ predestined affinity ⑥ margin ⑦ hem ⑧ edge ⑨ along |
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| temporarily ② the time being ③ for the moment ④ provisional ⑤ tentatively |
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| person with learning difficulties (handicap) ② retarded person |
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| a (married) couple ② husband and wife ③ CL:對|对[dui4] |
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| mood ② frame of mind ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| to spend one's remaining years in peace and comfort (idiom) |
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| anxiety ② sore point ③ secret worry ④ mental disorder ⑤ heart disease (medicine) |
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| fixing of farm output quotas for each household |
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| system of quotas for farm output per household |
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| to correlate with ② to correspond to |
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| to look after ② to take care of ③ to attend to |
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| cannot go so far ② be unlikely |
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| daughter-in-law ② wife (of a younger man) ③ young married woman ④ young woman |
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| straight talk, nothing taboo (idiom); frank and straightforward ② to speak bluntly without euphemism |
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| example ② exemplar ③ typical case |
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| daughter's husband ② son-in-law |
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| publicly known (to be) ② accepted (as) |
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| deformity ② birth defect ③ abnormality |
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| disabled ② handicapped ③ deformity on a person or animal |
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| inner quality ② basic essence ③ change over time |
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| if things go on like this ② continuously for a long time hence (idiom) |
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| vague ② indistinct ③ fuzzy |
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| constant ② persistent ③ long-lasting ④ eternal |
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| to determine the nature (usually of error or crime) ② to determine chemical composition ③ qualitative ④ fixed |
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| anti-imperialist ② anti-imperialists |
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| to hold up (as an model) ② to hold in esteem ③ to revere ④ to advocate |
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| Li Hongzhi, founder of the Falunggong 法輪功|法轮功 spiritual movement |
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| flood ② big ③ great ④ surname Hong |
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| turn around ② look back ③ recollect |
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| upsurge ② (tensions etc) run high |
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| clamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor ② to raise a tremendous stink |
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| tide of thought ② way of thinking characteristic of a historical period ③ Zeitgeist |
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| Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences |
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| ail ② annoy ③ distress ④ vexation ⑤ distressed ⑥ to be in misery |
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| to maintain (that sth is true) ② to determine (a fact) ③ determination (of an amount) ④ of the firm opinion ⑤ to believe firmly ⑥ to set one's mind on ⑦ to identify with |
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| 鸦片战争[鴉片戰爭] Yāpiànzhànzhēng |
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| the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861 |
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| encouraged ② to summon up (courage) ③ to encourage ④ to uplift ⑤ to stimulate |
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| 洋务运动[洋務運動] Yángwù Yùndòng |
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| Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动 |
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| sudden ② unexpected ③ abrupt ④ suddenly ⑤ Taiwan pr. zou4 |
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| thirty seventh year G1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020 ② cf 庚子國變|庚子国变, the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion |
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| the righteous harmonious fists ② the Boxers (history) |
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| Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party |
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| Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文 |
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| to make prompt decisions (idiom) |
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| disposition of troops ② wave ③ spate ④ burst ⑤ spell ⑥ short period of time ⑦ classifier for events or states of short duration |
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| strength of character ② vigorous style (of calligraphy) |
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| none doesn't ② there is none who isn't ③ everyone |
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| lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom); fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past ② a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then |
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| to use up ② to exhaust ③ to end ④ to finish ⑤ to the utmost ⑥ exhausted ⑦ finished ⑧ to the limit (of sth) |
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| to describe sth as ② an analogy ③ a simile ④ a metaphor ⑤ an allegory ⑥ surname Yu |
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| memories ② remember ③ memory ④ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| civil transport ② movement aimed at the masses ③ democracy movement (abbr.) |
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| a question ② sth not understood ③ to query ④ interrogative (gramm.) ⑤ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| main stream (of a river) ② fig. the essential point ③ main viewpoint of a matter |
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| to show ② to show off ③ to display ④ to manifest ⑤ expression ⑥ manifestation ⑦ show ⑧ display ⑨ performance (at work etc) |
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| extra ② surplus ③ remaining ④ remainder after division ⑤ (following numerical value) or more ⑥ in excess of (some number) ⑦ residue (math.) ⑧ after ⑨ I ⑩ me ⑪ surname Yu |
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| to run hither and thither (idiom) |
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| example ② model ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| to observe discipline and law (idiom) |
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| 清正廉明[清正廉明] qīngzhèngliánmíng |
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| to guide ② to lead ③ to conduct ④ introduction |
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| to guide ② to give directions ③ to direct ④ to coach ⑤ guidance ⑥ tuition ⑦ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| to engage in (business etc) ② to run ③ to operate |
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| to get rid of worries and overcome difficulties (idiom) |
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| official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position |
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| to seize the chance ② opportunistic |
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| 反腐倡廉[反腐倡廉] fǎnfǔchànglián |
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| to oppose corruption and advocate honesty (idiom) |
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| to penetrate deeply ② thorough |
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| to agree on sth (after discussion) ② to conclude a bargain ③ to arrange ④ to promise ⑤ to stipulate ⑥ to make an appointment ⑦ stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) ⑧ an arrangement ⑨ a deal ⑩ appointment ⑪ undertaking ⑫ commitment ⑬ understanding ⑭ engagement ⑮ stipulation |
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| qualified ② meeting a standard ③ eligible (voter) |
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| to extort or blackmail (idiom) |
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| to have a smile on one's face |
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| after all ② all in all ③ when all is said and done ④ in the final analysis |
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| to complain without stopping (idiom); to ***** endless ② incessant grievances |
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| to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence ② to swallow one's anger ③ to grin and bear it |
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| to assign ② to appoint ③ to take up a post ④ office ⑤ responsibility ⑥ to let ⑦ to allow ⑧ to give free rein to ⑨ no matter (how, what etc) ⑩ surname Ren |
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| 不正之风[不正之風] bùzhèngzhīfēng |
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| 大街小巷[大街小巷] dàjiēxiǎoxiàng |
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| great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city |
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| to purchase (from various places) ② to acquire (a company) |
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| sale ② market ③ state of the market ④ sales event |
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| a mere scrap of paper (idiom) |
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| 礼尚往来[禮尚往來] lǐshàngwǎnglái |
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| courtesy demands reciprocity ② to pay sb. back in their own coin (idiom) |
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| social niceties ② social interaction ③ a dinner party |
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| to bribe ② to give bribes |
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| to accept a bribe ② bribery |
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| 购销两旺[購銷兩旺] gòuxiāoliǎngwàng |
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| superb ② unequalled ③ peerless ④ matchless (idiom) |
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| furnish and decorate (a room) |
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| dignity ② face (as in "losing face") ③ honorable ④ creditable ⑤ pretty |
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| railtrack connection ② to integrate into sth ③ to dock ④ to connect ⑤ to be in step with ⑥ to bring into line with ⑦ to align |
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| 方方面面[方方面面] fāngfāngmiànmiàn |
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| all sides ② all aspects ③ multi-faceted |
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| (a product) sells well ② to be in demand |
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| to mount (a picture) ② to dress ③ to adorn ④ decoration ⑤ packaging |
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| DDT ② dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
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| toy ② plaything ③ thing ④ act ⑤ trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) |
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| congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home! |
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| 访友求贤[訪友求賢] fǎngyǒuqiúxián |
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| to call on friends and seek out worthies (idiom) |
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| 层出不穷[層出不窮] céngchūbùqióng |
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| more and more emerge ② innumerable succession ③ breeding like flies (idiom) |
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| busy season ② peak period ③ (see also 淡季) |
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| to invigorate the country through science and education |
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| to benefit the nation and the people (idiom) |
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| momentum ② manner ③ energy ④ look of great force or imposing manner ⑤ powerful |
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| vast ② broad ③ to develop |
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| magnificent ② gorgeous ③ ornate |
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| encyclopedia ② CL:本[ben3],集[ji2] |
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| all-inclusive ② complete ③ comprehensive collection |
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| volume ② bulk ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| 巨著[巨著] jùzhù (literary) work |
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| bill ② list ③ form ④ single ⑤ only ⑥ sole ⑦ odd number ⑧ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| to stroll ② to go for a walk |
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| frame ② one of a pair (scrolls) ③ picture |
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| to let go ② to loosen one's grip ③ to put sth down |
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| thereupon ② as a result ③ consequently ④ thus ⑤ hence |
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| lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education |
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| 挂在嘴上[掛在嘴上] guàzaizuǐshang |
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| to pay lip service to ② to keep mentioning (without doing anything) ③ to blather on about sth |
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| covered in dust ② dusty ③ lying unused for a long time |
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| tied up in a bundle on a high shelf ② to put sth on the back burner ③ no longer a high priority |
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| out of the ordinary ② unusually (good, talented etc) |
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| appropriate to the occasion ② fitting |
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| to sample ② to taste ③ to appreciate ④ one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) ⑤ good taste |
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| to conflict ② to contradict |
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| 良苦用心[良苦用心] liángkǔyòngxīn |
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| to ponder earnestly ② to give a lot of thought to sth |
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| to follow the track of an overturned cart ② to repeat a disastrous policy |
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| short, simple literary or artistic creation ② essay ③ skit |
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| to move (to a superior place) ② promotion |
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| ordinary ② commonplace ③ mundane ④ temporal ⑤ of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels) ⑥ every ⑦ all ⑧ whatever ⑨ altogether ⑩ gist ⑪ outline ⑫ note of Chinese musical scale |
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| tread on ② trample ③ stamp ④ fulfill |
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| to cover ② to overflow ③ to reply to a letter ④ to overturn ⑤ to capsize |
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| to congratulate ② congratulations ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| capacity for liquor ② how much one can drink |
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| age of wine (i.e. how long it has been matured) |
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| Chinese cabbage ② pak choi ③ CL:棵[ke1], 個|个[ge4] |
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| to relieve boredom or melancholy ② a diversion |
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| onomat. clink of jewels ② exquisite ③ detailed and fine ④ clever ⑤ nimble |
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| disconnected ② interrupted ③ suspended |
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| gangster ② hoodlum ③ a single person ④ bachelor |
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| assemble ② put together ③ press near ④ come together |
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| out of the ordinary ② unusually (good, talented etc) |
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| unreconciled to ② not resigned to ③ unwilling |
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| prolific (of ideas in writing) (idiom) |
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| 财能壮胆[財能壯膽] cáinéngzhuàngdǎn |
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| Wealth may strengthen one's courage. (idiom) |
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| to warn repeatedly ② to urge ③ to exhort again and again |
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| infected by ② moisten ③ receive favors |
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| never to touch a drop of alcohol |
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| battered and exhausted ② stuck in a dilemma |
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| strength ② energy ③ enthusiasm ④ CL:把[ba3] |
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| rarity ② rare object ③ rare person ④ extraordinarily beautiful woman |
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| to enumerate sb's shortcomings ② to criticize ③ to scold ④ to talk on and on |
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| to have a smile on one's face |
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| myriad ② all kinds of ③ all sorts of |
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| wedding feast ② liquor drunk at a wedding feast |
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| grand ② intense ③ prosperous ④ start (a fire) |
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| unavoidable ② can't be avoided |
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| to wear no make-up (idiom) |
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| 昏昏沉沉[昏昏沉沉] hūnhūnchénchén |
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| delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat |
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| mouth drooling with greed (idiom) |
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| to stop before going too far (idiom); to stop while one can ② don't overdo it ③ stop while you're ahead |
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| worthless person ② good-for-nothing |
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| 逞强好胜[逞強好勝] chěngqiánghàoshèng |
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| to parade one's superiority and strive to outshine others (idiom) |
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| to come and go ② to have dealings with ③ to be in relation with |
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| to activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis (Chinese medicine) (idiom) |
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| to exorcise ② to dispel ③ to drive out (evil spirits) |
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| hematoma (internal blood clot) ② extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue) ③ contusion |
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| yellow wine (mulled rice wine, usually served warm) |
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| ordinary person ② mortal ③ earthling |
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| to assign ② to entrust (a task) ③ to give ④ to bestow |
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| to reject ② to exclude ③ to eliminate ④ to remove ⑤ to repel |
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| desire ② longing ③ appetite ④ craving |
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| lit. a pit for trapping animals ② a trap ③ a snare ④ a booby-trap |
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| long ago ② for a long time |
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| without end ② never-ending |
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| delicate ② fine ③ exquisite ④ refined |
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| to be content with one's lot ② to find enjoyment in sth. (idiom) |
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| fatigued ② exhausted ③ poverty-stricken ④ in straitened circumstances |
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| to be frustrated in love (idiom) |
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| to be everybody's darling (idiom) |
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| prince charming ② knight in shining armor |
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| to temper oneself ② to steel oneself ③ self-discipline ④ endurance |
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| potential ② hidden capability |
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| to drain (by leading off water) ② to unburden oneself ③ to divulge ④ to leak a secret |
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| to accord with ② conforming to |
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| timely ② at the right moment ③ appropriate to the occasion ④ opportune ⑤ to fit current fashion |
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| quick-witted ② tact ③ witty ④ resourceful |
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| fascinating ② enchanting ③ charming ④ tempting |
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| to be fascinated ② to be captivated |
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| to satisfy a craving ② to enjoy oneself to the full ③ to do sth to one's heart's content |
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| to satisfy a craving ② to get a kick out of sth ③ gratifying ④ immensely enjoyable ⑤ satisfying ⑥ fulfilling |
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| ox ② cattle ③ scalper of tickets etc ④ to fail to show up ⑤ to break a promise |
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| extremes breed reversals ② fortunes change ③ Things will develop in the opposite direction when they become extreme. (idiom) |
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| legs and feet ② ability to walk ③ strides |
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| to overdo it ② to exaggerate |
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| to disgust ② to pall ③ fed up ④ tedious ⑤ cloying ⑥ boring ⑦ irritating |
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| eccentricity ② peculiarity ③ strange hobby |
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| joint photo ② group photo |
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| not divided ② irrespective ③ not distinguishing between |
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| peak ② apex ③ world best ④ number one ⑤ finest (competitors) ⑥ top (figures in a certain field) |
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| to combine ② to link ③ to integrate ④ binding ⑤ CL:次[ci4] |
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| to shout ② to bawl ③ to yell (to urge on an animal) ④ to hawk (one's wares) ⑤ to denounce loudly ⑥ to shout slogans |
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| each in the correct place ② each is provided for |
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| in different poses and with different expressions ② in thousands of postures (idiom) |
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| to produce (from sth else) ② to derive (from raw material) ③ derivative |
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| complicated ② many ③ in great numbers ④ abbr. for 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3], traditional form of Chinese characters |
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| Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer |
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| not completely ② endlessly |
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| to follow ② to abide by ③ to comply with ④ compliance |
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| a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) ② scholar ③ skillful writer ④ fine talent |
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| candidate for the Imperial examinations |
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| Qianlong or Ch'ien-lung, emperor of the Qing dynasty, reigned sixty years (1735-1796) |
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| successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination ② palace graduate |
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| article ② commodity ③ product ④ goods ⑤ kind ⑥ grade ⑦ rank ⑧ character ⑨ disposition ⑩ nature ⑪ temperament ⑫ variety ⑬ to taste sth ⑭ to sample ⑮ to criticize ⑯ to comment ⑰ to judge ⑱ to size up |
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| 两袖清风[兩袖清風] liǎngxiùqīngfēng |
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| widely known ② on everyone's lips |
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| Clerical script (Chinese writing style) |
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| regular script (one of the calligraphic styles of Chinese characters) |
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| the tip of a writing brush ② vigor of style in writing ③ stroke ④ touch |
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| freedom of action ② unobstructed ③ unconstrained ④ smoothly ⑤ with ease ⑥ freely |
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| he (Cantonese) ② Mandarin equivalent: 他|他[ta1] |
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| The goods are delivered and the bill is cleared. (idiom) |
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| cheating neither old nor young ② treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously ③ Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. |
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| direct and plain speaking (idiom); blunt ② straightforward |
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| remuneration for literary or artistic work |
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| rhyming couplet ② pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway ③ CL:幅[fu2] |
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| the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III) |
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| the 10 heavenly stems 十天干 and 12 earthly branches 十二枝 ② sexagenary cycle |
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| same as 天干 ② the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III) |
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| the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III) |
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| first of 10 heavenly stems 天干 and first of 12 earthly branches 地支 ② by ext., the 60 combinations 甲子, 乙丑, 丙寅 etc making up the year cycle ③ first year A1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1984 or 2044 |
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| armor ② first of 10 heavenly stems 十天干 ③ first in order ④ letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc ⑤ first party (in legal contract, usually 甲方|甲方[jia3 fang1], as opposed to 乙方|乙方[yi3 fang1]) ⑥ methyl |
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| second of 10 heavenly stems 十天干 ② second in order ③ letter "B" or roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc ④ second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方|乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方|甲方[jia3 fang1]) ⑤ ethyl ⑥ bent ⑦ winding ⑧ radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) |
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| third of 10 heavenly stems 十天干 ② third in order ③ letter "C" or roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc ④ propyl |
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| fourth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干 ② fourth in order ③ letter "D" or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc ④ butyl ⑤ surname Ding ⑥ cubes (of food) |
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| fifth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干 ② fifth in order ③ letter "E" or roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc ④ penta |
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| self ② oneself ③ sixth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干 ④ sixth in order ⑤ letter "F" or roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc ⑥ hexa |
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| age ② seventh of the 10 Heavenly Stems 十天干 ③ seventh in order ④ letter "G" or roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc ⑤ hepta |
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| tired ② eighth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干 ③ eighth in order ④ letter "H" or roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc ⑤ octa |
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| ninth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干 ② ninth in order ③ letter "I" or roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc ④ nona |
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| tenth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干 ② tenth in order ③ letter "J" or roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc ④ deca |
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| the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number) |
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| the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers) |
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| the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number) |
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| first two of the twelve earthly branches 十二地支 ② by ext., the earthly branches |
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| son ② child ③ seed ④ egg ⑤ small thing ⑥ 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat ⑦ Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] |
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| clown ② surname Chou ③ 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox |
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| 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger |
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| mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon) ② 4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit |
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| 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon |
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| 6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake |
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| 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse |
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| not yet ② did not ③ have not ④ not ⑤ 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep |
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| to extend ② to state ③ to explain ④ surname Shen ⑤ 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey |
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| 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster |
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| 11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog |
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| 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar |
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| lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles ② the wheel comes full circle |
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| popularity ② personality ③ character |
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| lit. to fly upwards swiftly; fig. rapid advance ② rapidly developing (situation) |
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| reptile (old or common word for 爬行動物|爬行动物) |
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| to stretch a point ② to press a false analogy |
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| fierce ② ferocious ③ fiendish ④ frightening |
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| incorporeal ② virtual ③ formless ④ invisible (assets) ⑤ intangible |
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| natural law ② heavenly law ③ weather (dialect) |
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| 天道好还[天道好還] tiāndàohàohuán |
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| God's way goes in a cycle. ② Heaven is bound to return and punish evil doers. (idiom) |
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| incarnation ② reincarnation ③ embodiment (of abstract idea) ④ personification |
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| to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) |
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| funerary objects (items buried together with the dead) |
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| to build by laying bricks or stones |
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| boundary land ② clue ③ inkling ④ to predict |
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| scene of bustling activity (idiom) |
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| full of vigor and vitality (idiom) |
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| lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain |
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| lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants |
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| dignified manner of an emperor (idiom) |
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| by no means an isolated case ② numerous |
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| full of heroic spirit (idiom) |
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| vaulting ambition (idiom) |
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| former kings ② former emperors ③ in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yáo 堯|尧, Shùn 舜, Yǔ 禹, Tāng 湯|汤 and the kings of Zhou |
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| alternative name for the Yellow Emperor 黄帝 |
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| high ② lofty ③ compact lodgings,especially with a view ④ a form of carriage ⑤ the elevated front of a carriage or chariot ⑥ balcony ⑦ delighted ⑧ (surname) |
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| government office in feudal China ② yamen |
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| office ② yamen 衙門|衙门 ③ surname Ya |
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| Zhuan Xu, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝, grandson of Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝, trad. reigned 2513-2435 BC |
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| Five Emperors from legendary times; possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them ② usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧, Yu Shun 虞舜 |
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| Di Ku or Emperor Ku, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝, great-grandson of Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 |
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| Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝, second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾 |
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| Yu Shun, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝 |
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| One's sincerity moves Heaven. (idiom) |
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| square ② frame ③ rule ④ (legal) case ⑤ style ⑥ character ⑦ standard ⑧ pattern ⑨ (classical) to obstruct; to hinder ⑩ (classical) to arrive; to come ⑪ (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively |
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| divinatory trigram ② one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经 |
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| the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经 ② to gossip |
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| to tell sb's fortune using divinatory trigrams |
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| one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦|八卦[ba1 gua4], representing earth ② of a woman |
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| surname Qian ② strong ③ one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 representing sky ④ male principle |
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| to shake ② to vibrate ③ to jolt ④ to quake ⑤ excited ⑥ shocked ⑦ one of the eight trigrams, symbolizing thunder |
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| one of the eight trigrams |
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| to clarify ② to explain clearly |
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| philosophic theory ② philosophy |
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| major undertaking ② vast plan ③ grand prospect |
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| The family is on the decline. (idiom) |
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| the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty |
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| (marked) price ② tariff (in a restaurant etc.) |
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| Kangxi or K'ang Hsi, second Qing Emperor (1661-1722) |
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| Yongzheng, reign name of Qing emperor (1722-1735) |
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| signboard ② shop sign ③ reputation of a business |
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| to view as ② to see as ③ to consider to be ④ to deem |
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| not easy to do sth ② difficult ③ unchanging |
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| not necessarily ② maybe not |
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| matching ② fitting in with ③ compatible with ④ to correspond ⑤ to fit ⑥ to conform to ⑦ rapport ⑧ to coordinate with ⑨ to act in concert with ⑩ to cooperate ⑪ to become man and wife ⑫ to combine parts of machine |
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| to sell directly ② direct sale (by a factory) ③ direct marketing |
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| to lead (an animal by the head) ② to take the lead ③ to coordinate (a combined operation) ④ to mediate ⑤ a go-between (e.g. marriage broker) |
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| model or template character ② words written in large letters (e.g. slogan 標語|标语 on banner, stamp "air mail" 航空 or header "first draft" 初稿 etc) |
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| large amount ② staple ③ influential family of long standing |
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| foodstuff ② cereals ③ CL:種|种[zhong3] |
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| to canvass ② to drum up support ③ to peddle the idea of |
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| the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder |
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| to be ahead of one's time ② to surpass or outdo one's predecessors ③ to be ahead of the pack ④ to take the lead ⑤ advanced |
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| rubber ② an eraser ③ CL:塊|块[kuai4] |
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| dowry (money given by the bride's family to the groom) |
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| this small official ② humble servant |
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| to hunt and arrest (fugitives) ② to track down and arrest ③ a manhunt |
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| to bestow (a reward) ② to give (to an inferior) ③ to hand down ④ a reward (bestowed by a superior) ⑤ to appreciate (beauty) |
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| to explain ② to justify ③ to defend (a point of view etc) ④ to provide an explanation ⑤ to try to defend oneself |
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| to speak in defense of ② to argue in favor of ③ to defend ④ to plead |
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| to congratulate ② congratulations ③ CL:個|个[ge4] |
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| conversely ② but rather ③ to turn and (address a topic, face attackers etc) ④ to turn against sb ⑤ to turn one's thoughts back to ⑥ to come around (to a point of view) |
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| handsome ② refined ③ elegant ④ graceful ⑤ show (loanword from English) ⑥ Cl:場|场[chang2] ⑦ performance ⑧ ear of grain |
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| tycoon ② magnate ③ big player (including company, country, school etc) ④ big shot |
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| Mogadishu, Indian ocean seaport and capital of Somalia 索馬利|索马里 |
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| to be temporarily relieved of one's post (as a disciplinary action) (idiom) |
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| (business) transaction ② business deal ③ CL:筆|笔[bi3] |
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| foreign (currency) exchange |
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| foreign-exchange reserves |
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