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Examples:Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then President of the World Uighur Congress—can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready give and take—Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central the Iliad—live and or fresh (of food ingredients)—manicure and-or pedicure—lit. not know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing—lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other—Timur or Tamerlane (1336-1405), Mongol emperor and conqueror—Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition—sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)—mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat -- such as a lake -- or sth that provides clarity and insight)—subtle and clever (or artwork, writing etc)—succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages—tigon or tiglon, hybrid cross between a male tiger and a lioness—karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)—lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)—Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge, the scene of "incident" sparking WW2 between Japan and China—thriving and prosperous business or trade—Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra—strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming—Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), cantopop and film star—Laozi and Zhuangzi (or Lao-tze and Chuang-tze), the founders of Daoism—ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs—blocked or painful urination, constipation and vomiting (Chinese medicine)—aminoacridine or aminacrine (antiseptic and disinfectant)—Zabulon or Zebulun, biblical land between Jordan and Galilee (Matthew 4:15)—as incompatible or irreconcilable as ice and hot coals—recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc—peptidoglycan (PG) or murein (polymer of sugars and amino acids forming cell wall)—suona, Chinese shawm (oboe), used in festivals and processions or for military purposes—submit me and prosper, or oppose me and perish—literary or theatrical form in Tang, Song and Yuan—a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes—verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing—rectangular frame used view a scene (made out of cardboard etc, or formed by the thumbs and forefingers)—lit. sparrow and swallow, crow and magpie; fig. any Tom, Dick or Harry—dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)—Hoten or Khotan city and prefecture in Xinjiang—generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof)—wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport—(of friends or partners) share both the honor and the disgrace [idiom.]—classifier for pairs or sets of things and facial expressions— |