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Examples:Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then President of the World Uighur Congress—be flexible and take advantage of the situation—the crucial point that brings the subject life—three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology)—Pamir high plateau on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan—parkour, French sport invented by David Belle in 1980s, with the aim of efficiently traversing obstacles in the environment—a true man has the courage accept the consequences of his actions—The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).—Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion—metrorrhagia (vaginal bleeding outside the expected menstrual period)—Andrija Mohorovichich or Mohorovičić (1857-1936), Croatian geologist and seismologist who discovered the Mohorovichich discontinuity or Moho—Descendants of the Dragon (i.e. Han Chinese)—burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day—stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper—lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness—essay written for the imperial examinations (old)—Ming dynasty military fort, the western end of the Great Wall—live under the same roof (of different generations)—hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc—classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn—using the few defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness—signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)—The Mass Line, Communist Party of China (CPC) policy aimed at broadening and cultivating contacts with the masses—extravagant (idiom); throw away money by the handful—encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc)—lit. invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately—lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined—travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer)—term of respect for a man of about the same age—Chien-Ming Wang (1980-), Taiwanese starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball—taboo against using the personal names of emperors or one's elders—the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end—the wrong way round (back-to-front, inside out etc)—the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him [idiom.]—follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine [idiom.]—classifier for people working in the same domain—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—crystal lattice (the regular 3-dimensional pattern formed by atoms in a crystal)— |