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Examples:the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext annex Manchuria—lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening—be blown about by the wind—part of Heilongjiang and the Vladivostok area ruled by the Ming dynasty—be surprised by the turn of events—report delivered by the head of gov. on affairs of state—sleep on one's armor with spear by the pillow (idiom); ready for battle—by ext. the relations between parts in a speech, composition etc—glucocorticosteroid (corticosteroid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex)—"river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus—seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty—runaway carriage (caused by the harnessed animal bolting in fright)—by the (kilometer, hour etc)—Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture—Border Region currency, issued by the Communist Border Region governments during the War against Japan and the War of Liberation—lead (an animal by the head)—keep one's spear by the pillow and await the dawn (idiom); ready for battle—Joan of Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English—extravagant (idiom); throw away money by the handful—rectangular frame used view a scene (made out of cardboard etc, or formed by the thumbs and forefingers)—Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists—grain bought by the state and resold areas undergoing a grain shortage—take the bull by the horns [idiom.]—Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English—Fuzhou Naval College, a.k.a. Foochow Naval Dockyard School, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty—pillow casket (box for valuables kept by the bed)—Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British commander in Southeast Asia during WWII, presided over the partition of India in 1947, murdered by the IRA.—be corrupted by the ways of the world [idiom.]—tossed about by the wind and rain [idiom.]—call by the glorified name of [idiom.]—better go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish [idiom.]—lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers—parkour, French sport invented by David Belle in 1980s, with the aim of efficiently traversing obstacles in the environment—ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others—Formosa (from Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Isle", the name given Taiwan Island by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544)—the Camp David agreement of 1978 brokered by President Jimmy Carter between Israel and Egypt—silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade—Lei Feng (1940-1962), made ina model of altruism and dedication to the Party by propaganda from 1963 onwards—be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek—meetings conducted by rulers in feudal China for the purpose of formalizing alliances, finalizing treaties— |