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Examples:Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up late Dec on Gregorian calendar)—Dangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinhai-Tibet plateau—Aketedu county in Xinjiang (on the border with Kyrgyzstan)—by the window (referring seats on a plane etc)—on-the-spot investigation —line ball (i.e. on the line)—Sochi (city on the Black Sea in Russia)—person who lives only on the material level—Hakone, city on the east coast of Japan southwest of Tōkyō—discount the interest on a bill of exchange—heart set on the mundane—Asturias, northwest Spanish autonomous principality on the bay of Biscay—seems on the face of it be—pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation—gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc)—division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor—lit. set up a stall on the ground—"Legal Quotient (LQ)", standard reflecting a lawyer's legal ability based on the four tenets of legal knowledge, situational assessment, conduct and righteousness—Khan Tengri or Mt Hantengri on the border between Xinjiang and Kazakhstan—In the sky be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined—the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort—the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year in24 equal periods—grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale)—ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs—Bushehr Province of south Iran, bordering on the Persian Gulf—concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials—(of a gown etc) trail on the ground—genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand—fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation—prodigious abundance of fruit (idiom); fruit hangs heavy on the bow—hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target—Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990—unable reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice—(resist the enemy) relying on inaccessible territory—lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof [idiom.]—be on the verge of eruption [idiom.]—Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis, Athens—ten years of practice for one minute on the stage [idiom.]—lit. draw a line on the ground to keep within [idiom.]—gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside [idiom.]—Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.—location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM—a plank road (built on trestles across the face of a cliff)—Agnes Smedley (1892-1950), US journalist and activist, reported on China, esp. the communist side—name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)—a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)—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—Agnes Smedley (1892-1950), US journalist who reported on China, esp. the communist side—lit. search for the mule while riding on it [idiom.]— |