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Examples:for as long as the sun continues shine [idiom.]—pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras—mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat -- such as a lake -- or sth that provides clarity and insight)—curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement)—sb who produces a piece of work for sb else pass off as their own—population (counted as number of households for census or taxation)—go to school for the first time as a child—the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps—used as translation for country under a chief—character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English)—visit as family representative for purpose of marriage arrangement (traditional culture)—classifier for written items (such as an official statement)—classifier for long objects such as guns—jug (a classifier for liquids such as beer)—honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own—observe sb's words and gestures (idiom, from Analects); to examine words and moods for a clue as to sb's thoughts—the Arrow incident of 1856 (used as pretext for the second Opium War)—ancient utensil for washing rice (or being used as a plate)—dissemination as fruit (evolutionary strategy for seed dispersal)—work as amateur for no pay—(used in constructing words for feelings such as anger, surprise, sympathy etc)—write as substitute for sb—classifier for objects with protruding top, such as hats, tents—classifier for objects in rows such as words—classifier for heavy objects, such as machines, TVs, computers; theater performances—classifier for objects in a small package or pouch, such as cookies, cigarettes—classifier for couples; objects in pairs, such as wedding rings, earrings—classifier for recurring events, often annual, such as conferences, class years in school—classifier for cans of beverages, such as soda or beer—classifier for food in bowls such as soup, rice, congee, wonton—classifier for sections of plants such as bamboo or sugarcane; tree branches; class periods at school; cylindrical batteries, train carriages—classifier for piles of things, such as trash or sand—classifier for small objects, such as a grain of rice—classifier for objects in a small box or case, such as cigarettes, chocolates, mooncakes, cassettes, CDs—classifier for bagfuls of things, such as flour or cement—classifier for flat things, such as paper, tables, faces, bows, paintings, tickets, constellations, blankets, bedsheets—classifier for wheeled vehicles; such as cars, bicycles—classifier for long, narrow, flexible objects such as fish, dogs, pants; for roads and rivers; for human lives; in the expression: one heart, meaning working together for a common goal—classifier for pairs of objects which naturally come in pairs such as chopsticks or shoes—classifier for gusts or bursts; for events of short duration such as lightning, storms, wind—noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian— |