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Examples:Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora —hanger-on of an aristocrat—select, on the basis of a vote or consensus—(of a performer) put on a show at an outdoor venue (temple fair, marketplace etc)—carry on the good work of one's predecessors—Virupaksa (on of the Four Heavenly Kings)—(of the sun) beat down on—sailing on the sea of learning [idiom.]—a plank road (built on trestles across the face of a cliff)—fret (on fingerboard of lute or guitar)—accept a position on a provisional basis, in the absence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.)—discount the interest on a bill of exchange—Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping—(adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else)—lit. waves on a sea of vinegar—back (the area of a vertebrate animal's body on either side of the backbone)—the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century—name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)—visceral arch (gill-bearing arch or its vestigial crease on sides of neck of vertebrates)—rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin the bullet)—"eight wind points", name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot—lit. a notch on the side of a boat locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances—gerbe (used on coats of arms)—date of use (on foodstuffs)—Report of the Select Committee on US National Security and Military-Commercial Concerns with the PRC (1999); Committee Chairman Republican Rep. Chris Cox—the Bao-Jia system (an administrative system organized on basis of households)—(old) sign made of woven weeds, placed on an object, an animal or a person, indicating that it is for sale.—dilly-dally on the pretence of being ill—the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year in24 equal periods—bestow a surname (of emperor conferring favor on ethnic group)—Hajdú-Bihar province of east Hungary on the border with Romania—"Shiming", late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords explain their meaning—lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head—Altai mountain chain on the border of Russia and Mongolia—flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water)—the embryonic development of grain while still on the stem—get up on hind legs (esp. of horse)—genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand—small ventilation tower on roof of building—fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation—lit. speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)—Diplopoda (arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centipedes and millipedes)—Hualián or Hualien county on the east coast of Taiwan—mound of earth on a dike (ready for emergency repairs)—talk without any intention of acting on it—volva (bag containing spores on stem of fungi)—write a poem on the order of the Emperor— |