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Examples:hit the nail on the head [idiom.]—Wanxian port city on the Changjiang or Yangtze river in Sichuan, renamed Wanzhou district in Chongqing municipality in 1990—Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up late Dec on Gregorian calendar)—by the window (referring seats on a plane etc)—what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts—Lawpita Falls on the Balu Chaung river, location of Myanmar's biggest hydroelectric plant—get married on the spur of the moment—a book on the art of war—lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory—great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation—not reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers—relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family—get lost (on the road etc)—stop on the way for a rest—appearing tough on the outside as mask one's inner vulnerability—Ekaterinaburg or Ekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk), Russian town on the Ural mountains—Hualián or Hualien city and county on the east coast of Taiwan—mountains on one side and water on the other—(until WWII) Königsberg, capital of East Prussia on the Baltic—stick sth up (on the wall)—eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure—span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand)—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)—the embryonic development of grain while still on the stem—be on the waiting list (for admission to a school)—lit. on the beat, move apart; fig. break-up (of marriage or business partners)—appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity—street stall with goods laid out on the ground—lit. speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)—interview people on the spot—speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths—Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women—Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990—writing on the blackboard—White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings—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. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows [idiom.]—lit. be confined within a circle drawn on the ground [idiom.]—lit. draw a line on the ground to keep within [idiom.]—report delivered by the head of gov. on affairs of state—treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers—the seat of the Law, on which the one who explains the doctrine is seated (Buddhism)—thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong—the mid-line between sides on a Chinese chessboard—agree on three laws (idiom); provisional agreement made by new dynastic government with the people—diagnosis and treatment based on an overall analysis of the illness and the patient's condition—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)—kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)—Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue—Fan Zhen (c. 450-c. 510), philosopher from Qi and Liang of the Southern dynasties, as atheist denying Buddhist teachings on karma and rebirth—a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom); a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth—possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them— |