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Examples:radioactive isotope of hydrogen having 2 neutrons in its nucleus, so atomic weight 3—advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible—Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content—Leuven (a town in Belgium famous for its university)—surpass all others of its kind before and since—vagrant bird (a migrating bird which has lost its way)—Manchurian Qing (refers the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan)—imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development)—cetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay)—a falling leaf returns the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home—lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. vanish leaving an empty shell—Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty its apogee—a place famous for its scenery or historical relics—Kang Sheng (1896-1975), Chinese communist leader, a politburo member during the Cultural Revolution and posthumously blamed for some of its excesses—virtue has its rewards (idiom); one good turn deserves another—Yama(possibly 3rd century AD), Japanese state before written records began in 7th century AD, its real dating is controversial—evil has its retribution (idiom); suffer the consequences of one's bad deeds—Turtwig, Japanese comic character, turtle with seedling growing out of its head—Georgetown University in Washington D.C., famous as quality Jesuit university and for its basketball team—fig. deal with any matter, regardless of its importance—Good has its reward and evil has its recompense. The payback is just a matter of time—sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)—country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction—come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom); attracted to visit a famous location—transfer a shop and all its contents to new owner—Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature—woman hired take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth—train or bus traveling only part of its normal route—circumference of a circle is proverbially three times its radius—Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center—Zolotoy Rog or Golden Horn Bay in Vladivostok (famous for its pollution)—Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout—the name does not correspond reality (idiom); it doesn't live up to its reputation—emerge and perish on its own; to run its course [idiom.]—die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course [idiom.]—lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs [idiom.]—a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs [idiom.]—the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth. which, despite its name, is of no practical use— |