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Examples:word and actions coincide (idiom); live up to one's word—lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); interpret word-by-word without understanding the meaning—one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice—word for Western natural sciences during late Qing—inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect)—(in the Romanization of Chinese) write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)—word (general term including monosyllables through short phrases)—measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1)—characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown)—karoshi (loan word from Japanese), death from overwork—important matter that must be kept secret (idiom); don't breathe a word of it anyone!—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—determine the root of a word by removing prefix and suffix—particle indicating that a previously asked question is be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")—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!—speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word—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—guide sb. back to the right path by repeated word and example— |