fú
(classical) this, that
he, she, they
(exclamatory final particle)
(initial particle, introduces an opinion)
Bái Qiú ēn
Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning
Xīn chéng qū
new town district
Xincheng district of Xi'an city 西安市[Xī ān shì], Shaanxi
Xincheng district of Hohhot city 呼和浩特市[Hū hé hào tè shì], Inner Mongolia
Zhāng Huà
Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician
Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank
other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention
àn hé
to agree implicitly
of one mind
views coincide without a word exchanged
dé cùn jìn chǐ
lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains
give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
tú yǒu xū míng
with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame
nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng
place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger
fig. to find a way out of an impasse
bàn píng cù
dabbler
dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert
tú yǒu qí míng
with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame
nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
zhuā zhōu
custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.)
dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu
lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom)
fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy
to hit sb when he's down
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