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Examples:secure in the knowledge that one has backing—you can run this time, but you'll have come back—enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels—Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)—consonants zh, ch, sh, r produced on the back of the tongue—Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights—come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory—lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.—go back to one's native place and live in seclusion—demand loan (i.e. loan that the borrower can demanded back at any time)—with back the mountain and facing the water (favored location)—variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books)—trip forwards or stumble back (idiom, from Book of Songs); can't get anything right—return to the main topic (idiom); back to business—If you can't do anything prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.—Lai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and smuggling, extradited from Canada back China in 2008—old: reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word—back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument)—saddle crupper (harness strap on horse's back)—cooking oil that has been used and discarded (and, in China, sometimes illegally recovered from gutters and sewers, reprocessed and sold back restaurants)—old tea-horse road or southern Silk Road, dating back 6th century, from Tibet and Sichuan through Yunnan and Southeast Asia, reaching to Bhutan, Sikkim, India and beyond—lit. the cycle comes back the start (idiom); to move in circles—strangle and slap the back (idiom); fig. to occupy a strategic post—lit. wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back [idiom.]—a sly individual has more than one plan fall back on [idiom.]—guide sb. back to the right path by repeated word and example— |