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Examples:Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Italian born US nuclear physicist—born under an unlucky star—born of the same parents—shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist—Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed (1933-), controversial Egyptian-born businessman and philanthropist, owner of Harrods (London) and Fulham football club—immortal body (of born again Daoist)—born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. complain about one's fate)—lit. Rushing Clan, generation born between 1975-1985 and China's most hedonistic and hard-working social group (netspeak)—Christine Fan (1976-), American-born Taiwanese singer and actress—lit. be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die—be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals)—still-born chick (in unhatched egg)—the Strawberry Generation (Taiwanese term, often sarcastic, for those born between 1980 and 1991, well off and influenced by advertising)—Mohamed El Baradei (born 1942) Director of International Atomic Energy Agency and Nobel laureate—Murasaki Shikibu (born c. 973), Japanese writer, author of "The Tale of Genji"—Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish-born British playwright—Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale—Yuan T. Lee (Taiwanese-born Chemist, Nobel Prize winner in 1986)—Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration—Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress—lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom); fig. the student becomes superior the master—Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator—George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), German-born Baroque composer, naturalized British in 1727—lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger [idiom.]—lit. the eye cannot bear see it (idiom); a scene too pitiful to behold—fig. bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)—Golden Bear, award at the Berlin International Film Festival—Kuixing, the Great Bear, one of the 28 constellations—lit. bite the teeth tightly (idiom); fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain—more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience—undertake a task despite criticism (idiom); to bear the burden of office willingly—bear market (i.e. period of falling share prices)—Winnie-the-Pooh (bear character in children's stories by A. A. Milne adapted by Disney)—forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones—bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering—bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family—Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.—resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it—bear one's own responsibilities and not pass them to others [idiom.]— |