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Examples:that which is yearned for by the public—make life difficult for sb. by unreasonable actions—General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war—Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes—sleep on one's armor with spear by the pillow (idiom); ready for battle—obsessed by a craving for power—mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans—(old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people)—place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts)—candidate for the Imperial Examination proposed by a tributary state—save the show (for instance by stepping in for an absent actor)—(from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old)—haloalkane (obtained from hydrocarbon by substituting halogen for hydrogen, e.g. chlorobenzene or the CFCs)—virtual currency created by Baidu for use on its websites (coin.baidu.com)—cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun—Gwoyeu Romatzyh, a romanization system for Chinese devised by Y.R. Chao and others in 1925-26—the right of immunity from arrest afforded by the Taiwan ROC Constitution, for the duration of meetings, unless caught actually committing a crime, members of the National Assembly, the Legislative Yuan, or a supervisory committee—"The Hunt for Red October", a novel by Tom Clancy—meetings conducted by rulers in feudal China for the purpose of formalizing alliances, finalizing treaties—lay sth by for a rainy day—(polite expression of gratitude for a favor received by a friend etc) I take it as a personal favor—atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts—pillow casket (box for valuables kept by the bed)—by extension, person who is greedy for power, money, sex etc—transport goods for a living (esp. by donkey)—Sakharov prize for freedom of thought, awarded by European parliament annually since 1988—lit. crossing the river by feeling for stones—Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (awarded by EU since 1988)—wade the river by groping for stones [idiom.]—better go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish [idiom.]— |