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Examples:start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality—Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)—talk on and on without stopping—flatly (deny, admit and so on)—Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai—lean on sth and gaze into the distance—(saying) be very scared and on edge—Rostov-on-Don, Russian river port and regional capital close Sea of Azov (north of the Black Sea)—chatter or jabber on and on—things like this (idiom); and so on—GATT, the 1995 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade—nothing but herb soup and dry provisions eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet—disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)—satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others—principal and interest (on a loan)—look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on—poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line—speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation—diagnosis and treatment based on an overall analysis of the illness and the patient's condition—Sandhinir mokcana vyuha sutra, a yogic text on awareness and meditation, translated as the Wisdom of Buddha—Report of the Select Committee on US National Security and Military-Commercial Concerns with the PRC (1999); Committee Chairman Republican Rep. Chris Cox—have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month)—the blood of a sacrificial fowl which was sprinkled on doors and vessels—a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)—recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc—touch on sth and leave it there—lit. win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success—genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand—lit. lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge—Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya on the Zambesi River, between Zambia and Zimbabwe—call on friends and relations [idiom.]—lit. live on dry provisions and wild herbs [idiom.]— |