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Examples:lest all under heaven's not in chaos and disorder—Muromachi bakufu, the feudal government of Japan (1338-1573) under the Ashikaga shoguns—lit. don't sit under overhanging eaves (idiom); fig. don't stay in danger area—dictionary arrangement of Chinese characters under radicals—Al Gore (1948-), US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, subsequently environmental campaigner and Nobel Peace laureate—overweight from overwork (the supposition that white collar workers become fat as a consequence of factors associated with being under pressure at work, including irregular diet, lack of exercise and inadequate rest)—Control Yuan, a watchdog under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan—children of entrepreneurs who became wealthy under Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms in the 1980s—congregate in one hall (idiom); to gather under one roof—Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty—the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords—Shi Lang (1621-1696), Chinese admiral who served under the Ming and Qing Dynasties—Bayan of the Baarin (1236-1295), Mongol Yuan general under Khubilai Khan, victorious over the Southern Song 1235-1239—Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14—Raffarin, prime minister of France under Jacques Chirac—collectivization of agriculture (under communism)—escort a criminal under guard (in former times)—Robert E. Rubin (1938-), US Treasury Secretary 1995-1999 under President Clinton—Executive Yuan, the executive branch of government under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan—Judicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan—Nicholas Burns (1956-), US diplomat, Under-secretary at US State Department from 2005—Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters)—old tea-horse market between Tibet, China, Southeast Asia and India, formalized as a state enterprise under the Song dynasty—wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue—a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun—lit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing pride or moral integrity)—sub-prefecture level city (county level division, administered by province, not under a prefecture)—centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party—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—semi-feudal and semi-colonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang)—lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree [idiom.]— |