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Examples:lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. lose vigilance by comfortable living—Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan—General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war—character acquiring meanings by phonetic association—kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom); parents must teach by example—Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells—scorched and drenched by sun and rain (idiom); suffer from exposure the elements—Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, influential in developing Korean industry, murdered by his bodyguard—I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)—thorns and brambles as far as eye can see (idiom); beset by troubles—once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope—surrounded by distinguished friends (idiom); in company—lit. 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule)—History of later Han dynasty, internal palace record by many 1st and 2nd century authors, 143 scrolls—Ming and Qing dynasty province directly administered by Beijing, including Beijing, Tianjin, most of Hebei and Henan and part of Shandong—Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture—mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes—one can't perform a major task while bothered by other duties—Joan of Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English—UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)—dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadleaved trees, herbaceous plants)—amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means—be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek—ritual kneeling heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony—Pilgrim's Progress, 1678 novel by John Bunyan (first Chinese translation 1851)—natural economy (exchange of goods by bartering not involving money)—travel organized by oneself rather than in a tour group—a thousand tries leads one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.—overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)—"Pregnancy-oriented Economy", new market conditions brought about by a predicted baby boom in China—base rate (e.g. interest rate set by central bank)—Deutsch-französische Jahrbücher (published once in 1844 by Karl Marx and bourgeois radical Arnold Ruge)—Korean Empire, from fall of Joseon dynasty in 1897 annexation by Japan in 1910—Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (awarded by EU since 1988)—flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law—sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk [idiom.]— |