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Examples:Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)—with back the mountain and facing the water (favored location)—back (the area of a vertebrate animal's body on either side of the backbone)—back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument)—lit. the end comes back the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle—pursue and force sb to give back the spoils—lit. fight with one's back the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die—from the back (rows of seats)—studies of classical Chinese back the Han—lit. the cycle comes back the start (idiom); to move in circles—with back the mountain (favored location)—draw back the corners of one's mouth—The Nine Cauldrons, symbol of Imperial power dating back the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1100 BC)—consonants zh, ch, sh, r produced on the back of the tongue—view of the back (of a person or object)—the back cover of a book—beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another—lit. enter by the back door—demand loan (i.e. loan that the borrower can demanded back at any time)—return to the main topic (idiom); back to business—with hands tied behind the back—consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate—old: reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word—a basket carried on the back—mastoid antrum (bones at the back of tympanic chamber)—bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck—surmount or break the back of (a task etc)—four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back—the back of a body or object—meat on the back of an animal—the back of the human body—strangle and slap the back (idiom); fig. to occupy a strategic post—hollow at the back of the knee—the wrong way round (back-to-front, inside out etc)—guide sb. back to the right path by repeated word and example—go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path [idiom.]—know sth. like the back of one's hand [idiom.]— |