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Examples:Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells—well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it—karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)—know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)—the view of a frog in a well (idiom); fig. a narrow view—jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom); fig. to help others at the risk to oneself—having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed—welt seam (doubled over and sewed again from topside)—Ai Weiwei (1957-), Chinese artist active in architecture, photography, film, as well as cultural criticism and political activism—starts well but ends in separation (of marital relations)—(literary) I trust you have been well since we last met—(of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc—the Strawberry Generation (Taiwanese term, often sarcastic, for those born between 1980 and 1991, well off and influenced by advertising)—(of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered—elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well prepared forces—put together (usu. things that do not blend well together)—He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).—classifier for natural springs and hollow objects e.g. wells, stoves etc.—throw stones at sb. who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down—the families are well-matched in terms of social status [idiom.]— |