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Examples:double expulsion (from the party and from the administrative post, as a punishment for corruption)—pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras—engrave or carve, as a block for printing—curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement)—a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart—working for a living as a needleworker—go to school for the first time as a child—thin section of specimen for examination (as part of biopsy)—the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps—used as translation for country under a chief—wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old)—place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts)—love one's country as one's own family (praise for a virtuous ruler)—the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pretext for the second Opium War)—pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras—honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own—the Arrow incident of 1856 (used as pretext for the second Opium War)—used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad"—dissemination as fruit (evolutionary strategy for seed dispersal)—nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), trade names Advil, Motrin, Nuprin etc, used as analgesic and antipyretic, e.g. for arthritis sufferers—a device for extracting water (such as a centrifuge)—classifier for piles of things, such as trash or sand—classifier for flat things, such as paper, tables, faces, bows, paintings, tickets, constellations, blankets, bedsheets—classifier for wheeled vehicles; such as cars, bicycles—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 small objects, such as a grain of rice—classifier for pairs of objects which naturally come in pairs such as chopsticks or shoes—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 objects in a small package or pouch, such as cookies, cigarettes—classifier for food in bowls such as soup, rice, congee, wonton—classifier for objects in rows such as words—classifier for heavy objects, such as machines, TVs, computers; theater performances—classifier for objects with protruding top, such as hats, tents—classifier for objects in a small box or case, such as cigarettes, chocolates, mooncakes, cassettes, CDs—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 cans of beverages, such as soda or beer—classifier for bagfuls of things, such as flour or cement—for as long as the sun continues shine [idiom.]— |