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and conjunction—和 conj (often used) 及 conj 并 conj 与 conj Examples:three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology)—storytelling dramatic art dating back Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary—lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests—climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey—disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)—Cao Jinghua (1897-1987), translator from Russian, professor of Beijing University and essayist—lit. qin and se sing in harmony—qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony—a dealer who works with animal hides and skins—Mikhail Prokhorov (1965-), Russian billionaire and owner of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA team)—the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor—fig. sly and treacherous person—Kaesong or Gaeseong 개성 city in southwest North Korea, close the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies—(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state—Communication University of China (CUC), the highest institute of radio, film and television education in China—speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation—can sing and dance (idiom); fig. a person of many talents—(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals—Angela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress—determine the root of a word by removing prefix and suffix—Nguyen An (1381-1453), aka Ruan An, Vietnamese architect and engineer, principal designer of the Forbidden City—fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods)—flower of north India (Datura stramonium, Sanskrit: mandara), considered sacred and grown in temples, similar belladonna—lit. invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately—Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty—Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia—George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009—tears and mucus flowing profusely (idiom); weeping tragically—classifier for brief and often sudden actions—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—deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates [idiom.]— |