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Examples:Wanxian port city on the Changjiang or Yangtze river in Sichuan, renamed Wanzhou district in Chongqing municipality in 1990—GATT, the 1995 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade—Pamir high plateau on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan—Aketedu county in Xinjiang (on the border with Kyrgyzstan)—Three gorges reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze—Mt Tomur (Russian: Pik Pobeda), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Kyrgyzstan—Zhuzhou prefecture level city, on the Xiangjiang river in Hunan—person who lives only on the material level—cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom); tall building with the windows in the clouds—give direct instructions on the way to deal with a matter—firecrackers open the door on the New Year—great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation—stop on the way for a rest—lit. fry and sell on the spot—have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month)—a stumbling block on the path enlightenment (Buddhism)—the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on the favorite disciple (Buddhism)—name of a person on the household register (old)—"Shiming", late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords explain their meaning—the embryonic development of grain while still on the stem—ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs—Khabarovsk, far eastern Russian city and province on the border with Heilongjiang province of China—Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza, Kenya, on the White Nile—appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity—person who shares their experiences and thoughts with others on the Internet—what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts—fig. hit the nail on the head—the impact of a piece of writing on the reader—Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia—Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea—Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy—prodigious abundance of fruit (idiom); fruit hangs heavy on the bow—Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu—(of folk artists) give a performance at a temple fair or on the street etc—Pomerania, a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea—be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind—Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990—writing on the blackboard—Arcadia (Greek prefecture on the Peloponnese)—Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya on the Zambesi River, between Zambia and Zimbabwe—ten years of practice for one minute on the stage [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.—pass on errors or lies (idiom); the propagation of misconceptions—Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August)—the art of the possible (Bismarck on politics)—hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc—Sandhinir mokcana vyuha sutra, a yogic text on awareness and meditation, translated as the Wisdom of Buddha—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—possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them— |