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Examples:word and actions coincide (idiom); live up to one's word—bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording—lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); interpret word-by-word without understanding the meaning—the wording and purport of what one writes—rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) [idiom.]—one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice—word for Western natural sciences during late Qing—characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown)—important matter that must be kept secret (idiom); don't breathe a word of it anyone!—one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); cut a long story short—not reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers—word family (cognate words within a given language)—tabernacle (biblical word for a meeting hall or tent)—every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing—old: reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word—explaining a character or word by using a homophone—indicate the phonetic value of a word using other words—signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)—Geju (Tibetan: transmit word of Buddha) sect of Tibetan Buddhist—generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods—determine the root of a word by removing prefix and suffix—a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts)—one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight—just a word or two (idiom); a few isolated phrases—one word and it's settled (idiom); It's a deal!—infix (grammar), particle attached within a word or expression—Hanyu Da Cidian, the most comprehensive Chinese dictionary with over 375,000 word entries, first published between 1986-1994—colloquial word for hoopoe bird (Upupa epops)—radical of a compound word (in European language)—word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs—not a word or movement (idiom); remaining calm and collected—lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing— |