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Examples:lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. lose vigilance by comfortable living—hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions—a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance—character with meanings influenced by other words—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—extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness—lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)—Formosa (from Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Isle", the name given Taiwan Island by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544)—heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster—the Camp David agreement of 1978 brokered by President Jimmy Carter between Israel and Egypt—by ext. the relations between parts in a speech, composition etc—"river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus—arris (curve formed by two surfaces meeting at an edge)—a kind of sleeping gas or smoke used by thieves incapacitate victims—indeterminate element (math.), often denoted by x—(myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu—polypeptide, chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein—Explaining in words is not as good as teaching by example (idiom). Action speaks louder than words.—silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade—carried away by passion (e.g. commit a crime)—field of complex numbers (math.), usually denoted by C—Border Region currency, issued by the Communist Border Region governments during the War against Japan and the War of Liberation—work steadily at something little by little—Lei Feng (1940-1962), made ina model of altruism and dedication to the Party by propaganda from 1963 onwards—commodity prices fixed by government (in a command economy)—woman of similar age one's parents (term of address used by child)—woman's children by previous marriage (derog.)—be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek—Wolf Totem, novel by Lü Jiamin aka Jiang Rong—lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds—meetings conducted by rulers in feudal China for the purpose of formalizing alliances, finalizing treaties—smoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke—fig. overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion)—can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike [idiom.]— |