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参见	cān jiàn	to refer to / see also / compare (cf.) / to pay respect to
江湖	jiāng hú	rivers and lakes / all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武侠) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde / (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
圣祖	Shèng zǔ	Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722) / cf. 康熙
乙方	yǐ fāng	party B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方, party A)
吟	yín	to chant; to recite / verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems) / (literary) to lament; to groan / (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects / (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴) (cf. 猱, wide vibrato)
旗	qí	banner / flag / (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗) / administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 县 county / CL:面
辛亥	xīn hài	forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031 / cf 辛亥革命, Xinhai Revolution of 1911
神探	shén tàn	master sleuth / lit. miraculous detective / cf Sherlock Holmes 福尔摩斯 or Di Renjie 狄仁杰
甲方	jiǎ fāng	party A (in a contract) (cf. 乙方, party B)
绞痛	jiǎo tòng	sharp pain / cramp / griping pain / colic / angina, cf 心绞痛
纸上谈兵	zhǐ shàng tán bīng	lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 长平之战 in 260 BC
未然	wèi rán	in advance / before it happens (cf preventative measures) / forestalling
辛丑	xīn chǒu	thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021 / cf 辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising
五四	wǔ sì	fourth of May, cf 五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
造字	zào zì	to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六书
漏电	lòu diàn	to leak electricity / (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest (by being solicitous etc) / cf. 放电
杏林	xìng lín	forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉, 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)
偏锋	piān fēng	(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正锋 and 侧锋) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things
倒打一耙	dào dǎ yī pá	lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西游记; fig. to counterattack / to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
过街老鼠	guò jiē lǎo shǔ	sb or sth detested by all / target of scorn / anathema / cf. 老鼠过街，人人喊打