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Examples:Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion—Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March—lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other—lit. paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time—holding two or more (official) posts at the same time—born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. complain about one's fate)—double happiness cakes, pastries offered by a man his fiancée's family at the time of their engagement—Chen Xitong (1930-), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th Jun 1989 Tiananmen incident—hold two contradictory views at the same time—lit. speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)—occur at the same time (of two things)—Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at time of the Cultural Revolution—at the time of going press—have both (at the same time)—the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time [idiom.]—fail to do sth. at the appointed time— |