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Examples:Hutu, an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi—Nguyen An (1381-1453), aka Ruan An, Vietnamese architect and engineer, principal designer of the Forbidden City—face an attack and meet it—an undergarment covering chest and abdomen—(of an official) travel with little luggage and just a small escort—(of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty—have an untroubled heart and behave morally [idiom.]—lit. foster an ulcer and bequeath a calamity (idiom); tolerating budding evil can only lead to disaster—Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down—receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded—bare one's left arm and take off one's cap as an expression of sorrow—tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child—an extremely rare and unprecedented event—strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique—all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization)—(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state—lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. panic and treat everyone as an enemy—An Lushan (703-757), famous general and favorite of Tang emperor Xuanzong, eventually precipitated catastrophic An Shi rebellion (755-763)—come and go in an incessant stream—horses and wagons for an expedition—go and take an imperial examination—give him an inch, and he'll want a mile—obscure and unknown (idiom); an outsider without any reputation—an unappealing and unsatisfying meal—resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post)—Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning—person who represents an organization and enhances its image—"monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other—instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong—mixed number (i.e. with an integer part and a fraction part, e.g. four and three quarters)—lit. open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction)—lit. bumps and bruises everywhere (idiom); fig. an ugly shambles—hunt and kill (an animal or fish)—an incorrigible drunkard and lecher—lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless—lit. be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse—lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb)—lit. with his head attached a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl [idiom.]—lit. phoenix feather and unicorn horn, fig. an extremely rare object [idiom.]— |