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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—work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted—carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered ontimber)—one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. work for a bit then skimp—a currently widespread fraud in PRC involving deliberately crashing cars then demanding compensation—lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom); fig. act according to actual circumstances—think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully—lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly—Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces—the king looked left and right and then talked of other things—lit. a short-cut crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner—sachima, sweet (Manchu) pastry made of fried strips of dough coated with syrup, pressed together, then cut inblocks—Zhang Shizhao (1881-1973), revolutionary journalist in Shanghai, then established writer—in folk stories, a beautiful girl who will seduce you then reveal herself as a ghost—Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army—Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan—Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 his death, and non-person since then—a dish where thinly sliced meat and vegetables are boiled briefly in a broth and then served with dipping sauces—Ngawang Choephel (1966-), Tibetan musicologist and dissident, Fullbright scholar (1993-1994), jailed 1995-2002 then released US— |