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Examples:as easy as lifting one's hand (idiom); no effort at all—pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras—Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping—(often with negatives: impossible mention X in the same breath as Y)—a variety of aromatic herb used as a fragrance or bug repeller (old)—cross little fingers (between children) as a promise—cut one's hair (as part of a minority ritual or in order to become a monk)—the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pretext for the second Opium War)—Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han—square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)—arrow used as a token of authority (by field commanders)—walking on stilts as component of folk dance—Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine—moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc—classifier for objects with protruding top, such as hats, tents—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 pairs of objects which naturally come in pairs such as chopsticks or shoes—classifier for piles of things, such as trash or sand—classifier for objects in rows such as words—classifier for small objects, such as a grain of rice—classifier for heavy objects, such as machines, TVs, computers; theater performances—(emphasizes that sth. is precisely or exactly as stated)—classifier for cans of beverages, such as soda or beer—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 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 wheeled vehicles; such as cars, bicycles—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 food in bowls such as soup, rice, congee, wonton— |