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Examples:fig. genealogical record (esp. exchanged between sworn brothers)—Ketagalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, esp. northeast corner—etched in one's bones and heart (idiom); ever-present memory (esp. resentment)—reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)—esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc—cater to sb to make them happy (esp. of one's parents)—golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty—classifier for suits (esp. of funeral robes)—formalism in art (esp. as proscribed in USSR and PRC)—wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior)—(esp of Chinese medicine) relieve summer heat—Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences—social status (in Marxist theory, esp. using during cultural revolution)—state provincial warehouse (esp. during Qing dynasty)—Chu Ci, the Songs of Chu (ancient book of poems, collected during Han but esp. from country of Chu c. 500 BC)—old property (esp. inherited from former generation)—China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997)—with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)—ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character—esp. used with negatives: never touch a drop of the stuff—heavenly bodies (esp. the sun, moon or five visible planets)—niche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc)—Annotated Sounds, a phonetic transliteration for Chinese used esp. in Taiwan—fainting for loss of blood (esp. after childbirth)—infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms)—crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait)—instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong—classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose—Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)—Indochina peninsula (old term, esp. colonial period)—purge of counter-revolutionaries (esp. Stalin's purges of the 1930 and Mao's purges 1955-57)—forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties) v—Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books—reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success—transport goods for a living (esp. by donkey)—Agnes Smedley (1892-1950), US journalist who reported on China, esp. the communist side—stretch in an unbroken chain (esp. of mountains)—carry on intimately with (idiom); ardent relationship (esp. between lovers)—one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military)—leave one's native place, esp. against one's will [idiom.]— |