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Examples:the Garden of the Peaches of Immortality—cut off the left ear of the slain—Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati—Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)—Sumatra, one of the Indonesian islands—Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift—Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha)—Virgo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)—lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure (a main division of the brain)—get married on the spur of the moment—Babuyan Archipelago in Luzon Strait north of the Philippines—Gabriel Mouton (1618-1694), French clergyman and scientist, pioneer of the metric system—plenary session of the Central Committee—second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045—Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms—Four Arts of the Chinese Scholar (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting)—lit. dreams and visions in a bubble (idiom); fig. the illusory nature of the world in Buddhism—cecum (start of the colon, linking it small intestine)—Chinese astronomer (281-356) famous for determining the precession of the equinoxes—important event of the past—geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and straight line from center of the earth)—7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse—light of the setting sun—oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers—(respectful) mistress of the house—Hundred Flowers Campaign (PRC, 1956-57), in which Mao called for the taboo on discussing mistakes of the CCP be lifted—tenth month (of the lunar year)—reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case—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—Feast of the Sacred Heart—treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb)—refined activities of the intellectuals (regarding literature, paintings etc)—latissimus dorsi muscle (back of the chest)—Xiao Yang (1938-), President of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008—in the Name of the Father (in Christian worship)—discharge (rheum) from the mucous membranes of the eyes—raise one's head and look around (esp. at the state of the nation)—Satsuma, the name of a former feudal domain in Japan, and of a former province, a battleship, a district, a peninsula etc—can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab—Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)—man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears—National protection war or Campaign defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor—fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily—fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied the skin)—Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong—old: reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word—the Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare—Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty—appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity—Lamivudine, reverse transcriptase inhibitor marketed by GlaxoSmithKline and widely used in the treatment of hepatitis B and AIDS—Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty—hitching a ride the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement—lit. see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up [idiom.]—the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship [idiom.]— |