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Examples:lit. examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth—leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease—man at birth is fundamentally good in nature—Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin—beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another—pretense at complying (idiom); sham gestures of politeness—boo or jeer (as a sign of displeasure at an actor)—place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc—Golden Bear, award at the Berlin International Film Festival—Wu Zimu (lived c. 1270), writer at the end of the Song dynasty—Donald Knuth (1938-), famous American computer scientist at Stanford University—Hetu Ala (Manchu: Yellow Rock), Nurhaci's capital at the 1619 Battle of Sarhu—overemphasize some topic (at the expense of others)—Nanzhao, 8th and 9th century kingdom in Yunnan, at times allied with Tang against Tibetan Tubo pressure—Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT, from 1926)—(polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc)—jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom); fig. to help others at the risk to oneself—sit at a table with others with whom one is unacquainted—lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom); unfamiliar at first but you get used it—eat individual meals (rather than taking one's food from plates served to everyone at the table)—work steadily at something little by little—enter houses at night in order to rape women—older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc)—literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence—Pisistratus (-528 BC), tyrant (ruler) of Athens at different times between 561 BC and 528 BC—attack one problem from two angles at the same time—Deng Tuo (1912-1966), sociologist and journalist, died under persecution at the start of the Cultural Revolution—burial of cremated remains at the foot of a tree—reign name (196-219) at the end of the Han dynasty—turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all—riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)—mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line—sb. ready substitute at any time for principal player—throw stones at sb. who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down—classifier for sections of plants such as bamboo or sugarcane; tree branches; class periods at school; cylindrical batteries, train carriages— |