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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—a currently widespread fraud in PRC involving deliberately crashing cars then demanding compensation—lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly—besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops—used instead of reign name by the nationalist government, then by Taiwan—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—sachima, sweet (Manchu) pastry made of fried strips of dough coated with syrup, pressed together, then cut inblocks—refers ancient tradition: Worship the river first, then the sea.—first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later—Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan—a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then—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—lit. tune one's zither then play it; fig. to live by the consequences of one's actions—slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession—Executive Yuan, the executive branch of government under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan—everyone enjoys themselves the full then party breaks up—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—Ngawang Choephel (1966-), Tibetan musicologist and dissident, Fullbright scholar (1993-1994), jailed 1995-2002 then released US— |