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参 |
cān jiàn | to refer to / see also / compare (cf.) / to pay respect to |
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神 |
shén tàn | master sleuth / lit. miraculous detective / cf Sherlock Holmes 福尔摩斯 or Di Renjie 狄仁杰 |
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旗 |
qí | banner / flag / (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗) / administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 县 county / CL:面 |
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江 |
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 |
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乙 |
yǐ fāng | party B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方, party A) |
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五 |
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 |
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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) |
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吹 |
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 |
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辛 |
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 |
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甲 |
jiǎ fāng | party A (in a contract) (cf. 乙方, party B) |
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杏 |
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) |
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绞 |
jiǎo tòng | sharp pain / cramp / griping pain / colic / angina, cf 心绞痛 |
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任 |
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) |
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辛 |
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 |
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纸 |
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 |
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未 |
wèi rán | in advance / before it happens (cf preventative measures) / forestalling |
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圣 |
Shèng zǔ | Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722) / cf. 康熙 |
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造 |
zào zì | to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六书 |
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整 |
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 |
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漏 |
lòu diàn | to leak electricity / (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest (by being solicitous etc) / cf. 放电 |