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Examples:long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed round-grained rice)—population (counted as number of households for census or taxation)—(work or fight) as if one's life depends on it—collection of papers (published as one volume)—character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English)—butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom); killing one another—debt as heavy as a mountain on a turtle's back—dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert—Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank—unacceptable as uncorroborated evidence (in law or in textual criticism)—dissemination as fruit (evolutionary strategy for seed dispersal)—as everyone can appreciate (idiom); clear all—road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road—(used in constructing words for feelings such as anger, surprise, sympathy etc)—hand typewriter (as opposed electric typewriter)—the part of a house facing the street serving as a store—classifier for heavy objects, such as machines, TVs, computers; theater performances—classifier for flat things, such as paper, tables, faces, bows, paintings, tickets, constellations, blankets, bedsheets—classifier for long, narrow, flexible objects such as fish, dogs, pants; for roads and rivers; for human lives; in the expression: one heart, meaning working together for a common goal—classifier for food in bowls such as soup, rice, congee, wonton—classifier for pairs of objects which naturally come in pairs such as chopsticks or shoes—classifier for objects in rows such as words—classifier for objects with protruding top, such as hats, tents—classifier for wheeled vehicles; such as cars, bicycles—classifier for sections of plants such as bamboo or sugarcane; tree branches; class periods at school; cylindrical batteries, train carriages—classifier for gusts or bursts; for events of short duration such as lightning, storms, wind—classifier for bagfuls of things, such as flour or cement—classifier for objects in a small box or case, such as cigarettes, chocolates, mooncakes, cassettes, CDs—classifier for objects in a small package or pouch, such as cookies, cigarettes—classifier for recurring events, often annual, such as conferences, class years in school—classifier for couples; objects in pairs, such as wedding rings, earrings—classifier for small objects, such as a grain of rice—classifier for piles of things, such as trash or sand—classifier for cans of beverages, such as soda or beer—noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian— |