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Examples:May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated people inre-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution)—6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake—fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment—bamboos placed across wooden frames on which grain may be stored in damp climates—a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself—in Daoism, astral wind on which immortals may ride—fortune as unpredictable as the weather (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment—well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it—characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown)—lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another—Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.—the wise may appear stupid (idiom); a genius not appreciated in his own time—may also indicate that one is stating a fact that the other person is not aware of—May I trouble you to...? (as part of polite request)—(fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success—May you have peace year after year (New Year's greeting)—an excess of joy may lead sluggishness of vital energy (TCM)—Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for youths of 14 and upwards—a great hero may appear timid (idiom); the really brave person remains level-headed—lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death)—Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.—fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.—Qing emergency cabinet set up in May 1911 confront the Xinhai rebels—fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return their roots (proverb)—period of time (may be months, or mere seconds)—auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to)—refers one week national holiday in PRC starting 1st May and 1st Oct—tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea)—one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature—a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom); a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth—anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong etc—although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds [idiom.]—Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.— |