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and conjunction—和 conj (often used) 及 conj 以及 conj 并 conj 而 conj 与 conj Examples:Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.—three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology)—Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later—hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions—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—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—He Houhua (1955-), Macau financier and politician, first magistrate from 1999—lit. hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything—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—Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer—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—Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning—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—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—avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws—deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates [idiom.]—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 brief and often sudden actions— |