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Examples:the Garden of the Peaches of Immortality—Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (save all souls before accepting Bodhi)—the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930—at the end of the mourning period—Oceanus, Titan God of the seas before Poseidon—Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)—get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate—tomb of the unknown soldier—get married on the spur of the moment—the beasts of the field and the birds of the air—the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism)—the final years of the Ch'ing or Qing dynasty—Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)—Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms—a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956—inflammation of the vulva or vagina—the ecliptic (the plane of the solar system)—forty third year C7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1966 or 2026—title of the temporary position in the Hanlin Academy, conferred meritorious candidates until the next examination—Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)—Telegu, the official language of Andhra Pradesh, India—Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system—rise to action with a determined shake of the arms—swelling of the head (physical condition)—Grand View Garden, a garden in Dream of the Red Chamber—Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty—The person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clear (idiom). The onlooker sees more of the game.—form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty—Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)—Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale—Descendants of the Fiery Emperor and Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)—the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")—Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers—the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed be the coldest days of the year—flight of the roc (used in names)—2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January 3rd February), year of the Ox—Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of former Han dynasty)—modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th early 20th century)—Pomerania, a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea—hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target—Virupaksa (on of the Four Heavenly Kings)—forty seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030—Ground Zero (refers the site of the World Trade Center destroyed in 9-11-2001 attack)—lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom); the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation)—jealous of the able, envious of the clever [idiom.]—It's too late plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. [idiom.]—lit. both sides of the Yangtze River [idiom.]—lit. examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth—lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers—Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism—inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect)—the wolf runs and the wild boar rushes (idiom); crowds of evil-doers mill around like wild beasts—Nanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi—reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)—fig. forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger—(classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests)—lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)—panentheism, theological theory of God as equal the Universe while transcending it—birth name of Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)—high in score but low in ability (as a result of teaching the test)—wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk)—Garden of Gethsemane (in the Christian passion story)—the lip or vibrating end of a reed in a wind instrument—The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. [idiom.]— |