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参见	cān jiàn	to refer to / see also / compare (cf.) / to pay respect to
神探	shén tàn	master sleuth / lit. miraculous detective / cf Sherlock Holmes 福尔摩斯 or Di Renjie 狄仁杰
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
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
吹箫	chuī xiāo	to play the xiao 箫 (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥, c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吴市吹箫 / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹箫 / (slang) fellatio / blowjob
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
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
任重道远	rèn zhòng dào yuǎn	a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
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
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
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
圣祖	Shèng zǔ	Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722) / cf. 康熙
造字	zào zì	to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六书
整风	zhěng fēng	Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan / cf Rectification campaign 整风运动, army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957
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)