FSI Set 11 Flashcards

Question

护身符[護身符] hùshēnfú

Answer 1

amulet ② protective talisman ③ charm

Answer 2

to inquire

Answer 3

to interrogate ② to ask about

Answer 4

to inquire

Answer 5

again and again ② many ③ surname Ta

Answer 6

paper money ② a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) ③ CL:張|张[zhang1],扎[za1]

Answer 7

one of the earliest classics about Fengshui ② see also 黃帝宅經|黄帝宅经[huang2 di4 zhai2 jing1]

Answer 8

stop up ② to squeeze in ③ to stuff ④ Serb (abbr.) ⑤ Serbian

Answer 9

cork ② plug

Answer 10

would rather ② better

Answer 11

cheap ② inexpensive ③ low

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be pleasantly surprised

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to entertain (for dinner) ② to invite to dinner

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to care about ② to mind

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Zai Yi (1856-1922), Manchu imperial prince and politician, disgraced after supporting the Boxers

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to accept sth. as true (idiom)

Answer 17

ambergris (biliary secretion of whale, used in perfume)

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buy the whole lot ② finish up or off

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to buy the whole lot ② to take everything remaining

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monthly payment

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grace ② graceful

Answer 22

Youyang Miao and Tujia autonomous county in Qianjiang suburbs of Chongqing municipality

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striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another

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deeds ② foreign ③ classifier for repeated actions: time

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guava (fruit)

Answer 26

sweet potato ② yam

Answer 27

sincerity ② good faith

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expensive ② costly

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scale ② yardstick

Answer 30

to test ② to put to the test

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stingy ② mean ③ miserly

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Lin Sen (1868-1943), revolutionary politician, colleague of Sun Yat-sen, chairman of the Chinese nationalist government (1928-1932)

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cheapskate ② stingy person

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hardships ② arduous ③ difficult

Answer 35

lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient ② Rob Peter to pay Paul

Answer 36

lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient ② Rob Peter to pay Paul

Answer 37

not stint ② not spare ③ not hesitate (to do sth) ④ not scruple (to do sth)

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sufficient to... ② so much so that ③ so that

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enough ② sufficient

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to esteem ② to admire

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identify ② approve ③ acknowledge

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to settle an account

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to split the bill ② to go Dutch

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suitable for both the old and the young (idiom)

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nothing else but

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candy ② CL:粒[li4]

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human nature ② humanity ③ human ④ the totality of human attributes

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to conceal a fault ② to gloss over

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reason ② rationality ③ rational

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installment

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(saying) meticulous planning and careful accounting

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to deal with ② to cope

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to handle ② to deal with ③ to cope ④ to get by with

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seems as if ② rather like ③ also pr. (shi4 de5) or (shi5 de5)

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one's temperament and interests ② emotional appeal

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year after year (idiom)

Answer 57

high-back chair

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to get rich quick

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family heirloom ② most precious family possession ③ person's secrets ④ one's best performance

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to stand in great numbers

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norm ② standard ③ specification ④ regulation ⑤ rule ⑥ within the rules ⑦ to fix rules ⑧ to regulate ⑨ to specify

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to operate ② operations; workings; activities (usu. of an organization) ③ thread (computing)

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to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures ② life of debauchery

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social security (pensions, medical insurance)

Answer 65

first rate ② top rank ③ number one

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largest typeface ② biggest letters

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Rockefeller

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surname Luo ② old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)

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to be able to ② to subdue ③ to restrain ④ to overcome ⑤ gram

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rich ② luxurious ③ phenanthrene (chemistry) ④ abbr. for the Philippines 菲律賓|菲律宾[Fei1 lu:4 bin1]

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Bill Gates (1955-), founder and chairman of Microsoft

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to take care of ② to sort out ③ to manage ④ to put in order

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offer ② contribution ③ donation

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clothes and food

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carefree and without worries (idiom)

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life insurance

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to hide ② to conceal ③ to mask ④ to lie low ⑤ to nestle ⑥ to shelter ⑦ to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) ⑧ hidden ⑨ implicit ⑩ private ⑪ covert ⑫ recessed (lighting) ⑬ a hideout

Answer 78

tax avoidance ② tax evasion

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extensive ② ample ③ rich ④ obtain ⑤ aim ⑥ to win ⑦ to get ⑧ plentiful ⑨ to gamble

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reputation of a person or thing

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bedcover ② fig. to foreshadow

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lit. to fly upwards swiftly; fig. rapid advance ② rapidly developing (situation)

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to keep ② to retain

Answer 84

to accumulate ② accumulation ③ cumulative ④ cumulatively

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change ② transform ③ CL:個|个[ge4]

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(in) return ② reciprocation ③ payback ④ retaliation ⑤ to report back ⑥ to reciprocate

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extensive ② wide range

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to run a school

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deed ② past achievement ③ important event of the past

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to retain ② to continue to have ③ to preserve ④ to maintain ⑤ to reserve ⑥ reservations ⑦ to hold back (approval or acceptance)

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scorched and drenched by sun and rain (idiom); suffer from exposure to the elements ② weather-beaten

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untiring ② unremitting ③ indefatigable

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to drop out of school ② to leave off studying ③ to interrupt one's studies

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drop-out rate (from schooling)

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to discipline ② to teach

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(saying) world famous

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Theravada, the primary Buddhism, as spread to Sri Lanka and South-East Asia

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Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)

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to close the passes ② to seal off the country ③ seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)

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also written 緣分|缘分 ② fate or chance that brings people together ③ predestined affinity or relationship ④ (Budd.) destiny

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fate or chance that brings people together ② predestined affinity or relationship ③ (Budd.) destiny

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maternal ② matriarchal

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to be completely different ② to be poles apart (idiom)

Answer 104

herbal medicine

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zanba, Tibetan barley bread

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succession ② inheritance ③ hereditary

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to foster ② to bring up ③ to raise

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written ② statutory

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rub against ② walk slowly

Answer 110

mass seizure of food from landlords during famines before liberation

Answer 111

to cadge a meal

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coffin ② CL:具[ju4],口[kou3]

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to ensure stable yields despite drought or excessive rain (idiom)

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The matter does not concern one personally. (idiom)

Answer 115

to get oneself into trouble (idiom)

Answer 116

magistrate

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to economize to avoid shortage ② to go about sth. little by little without letup (idiom)

Answer 118

glazed tile (used on roof of palaces)

Answer 119

to have ② to have always had

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to shift to an earlier date ② to bring forward ③ to advance

Answer 121

suburban district ② outskirts ③ suburbs ④ CL:個|个[ge4]

Answer 122

capable of being consumed; that may be destroyed, dissipated, wasted, or spent

Answer 123

wear and tear

Answer 124

alternative energy

Answer 125

kumquat ② cumquat ③ see also 金橘|金橘[jin1 ju2]

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Mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata) ② tangerine

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sweet potato

Answer 128

sweet potato

Answer 129

single ② only ③ sole

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pomegranate

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barbecue ② roast

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barbecue sauce

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even-handed ② impartial ③ unbiased ④ exact ⑤ just

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to listen to both sides and you will be enlightened (idiom)

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to heed and trust only one side (idiom)

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(indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would expect or what would be normal) ② unfortunately ③ against expectations

Answer 137

should not ② to owe nothing

Answer 138

leaflet ② flier ③ pamphlet

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old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse ② fig. to repeat an old error ③ the same old problem

Answer 140

oil-spill ② oil leak

Answer 141

hepatitis A

Answer 142

to turn red (in the face) ② to flush (with embarrassment or anger)

Answer 143

to rise (of prices, rivers)

Answer 144

sullen ② depressed ③ melancholy ④ dejected

Answer 145

shiver ② shudder ③ tremble ④ tremulous

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to feel numb

Answer 147

to tickle ② to itch

Answer 148

to make a short journey (idiom)

Answer 149

directory file

Answer 150

Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Kuomintang ② same as 孫中山|孙中山

Answer 151

to stop ② to terminate (law)

Answer 152

to put down a rebellion (idiom)

Answer 153

Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style

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to lift (a lid) ② to rock ③ to convulse

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nothing is too bizarre ② full of extraordinary things

Answer 156

as the general trend indicates (idiom)

Answer 157

this or that very day ② in the next few days

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to authorize

Answer 159

rivers and mountains ② landscape ③ country

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new ② up and coming ③ newly developing ④ rising

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to crowd out ② to push aside ③ to supplant

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to lift restrictions (such as curfew or martial law)

Answer 163

to impose martial law ② to impose curfew ③ martial law ④ curfew ⑤ emergency measures

Answer 164

space-time (in relativity)

Answer 165

time travel

Answer 166

too close to be separated (idiom)

Answer 167

changes ② vicissitudes

Answer 168

be applicable

Answer 169

to age ② to deteriorate with age ③ old and weak

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Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪)

Answer 171

(geological era covering the last 65m years)

Answer 172

a list ② to list ③ to enumerate

Answer 173

all levels of society ② the imperial court and the ordinary people

Answer 174

to repeal (a law) ② to put an end to ③ abolition ④ annulled

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to return (to previous condition) ② Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty ③ to regress

Answer 176

to recover (territory or power) ② the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945

Answer 177

photovoltaic (e.g. cell)

Answer 178

anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in 1904 under Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培 ② same as 復古會|复古会

Answer 179

overwhelming ② overpower

Answer 180

to excavate ② to dig ③ to unearth

Answer 181

speak sarcastically ② make ironical remarks

Answer 182

Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine

Answer 183

corpse ② zombie

Answer 184

to penetrate everywhere (idiom)

Answer 185

mummy (preserved corpse)

Answer 186

rigid ② deadlock ③ stiff (corpse)

Answer 187

CEO, Chief Executive Officer

Answer 188

hacker (computer) ② The Matrix (movie)

Answer 189

The Matrix (movie)

Answer 190

crafty ② cunning ③ sly

Answer 191

lit. to join hands ② to act together

Answer 192

at intervals of ② every (so often)

Answer 193

well known ② famous

Answer 194

information

Answer 195

to consult ② to seek counsel or advice ③ to inquire ④ counsel ⑤ counseling

Answer 196

information technology ② science of communications

Answer 197

information ② news ③ message

Answer 198

response ② to answer ③ to reply

Answer 199

integrated (as in integrated circuit)

Answer 200

advantageous ② favorable ③ to benefit at others' expense ④ to take unfair advantage

Answer 201

minister of education (history) ② two-character surname Situ

Answer 202

to put on weight ② to get fat

Answer 203

to regret ② to repent

Answer 204

regret ② pity ③ sorry

Answer 205

bargaining chip

Answer 206

to be reborn ② to regenerate

Answer 207

renewable energy source

Answer 208

practiced ② proficient ③ skilled ④ skillful

Answer 209

minister ② diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations

Answer 210

consul general

Answer 211

to transfer to full membership ② to obtain tenure

Answer 212

oracle script ② oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)

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willingness ② would rather (agree to X than Y)

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both sides are willing ② by mutual consent

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to drag ② to pull ③ to raise a child (through difficulties) ④ to help ⑤ to support ⑥ to drag in ⑦ to chat

Answer 216

to sever ② to break off

Answer 217

an impostor ② to impersonate

Answer 218

current trends ② the present situation ③ how things are going

Answer 219

high cadre ② top party member

Answer 220

to do evil

Answer 221

to sigh (with feeling)

Answer 222

remaining outside the reach of the law (idiom); still at large ② fig. to remain unpunished ③ scot-free ④ getting away with murder

Answer 223

lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life ② to have great hopes for one's offspring ③ to give one's child the best education as a career investment

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to hope one's son works hard (PRC) (idiom)

Answer 225

lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom); fig. the student becomes superior to the master ② same as couplet 青出於藍,而勝於藍|青出于蓝,而胜于蓝

Answer 226

lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom); fig. the student becomes superior to the master

Answer 227

to inherit ② to carry on ③ to succeed

Answer 228

lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口) ② fig. earnestly (of warning, advice)

Answer 229

good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow

Answer 230

wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance ② love affair ③ romance is in the air

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much less ② let alone

Answer 232

generation gap

Answer 233

to return to the main topic (idiom); back to business ② to finish a digression and get back to the main subject ③ retournons à nos moutons

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to be not content to lag behind (idiom)

Answer 235

characteristic ② special property

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to bring honor to one's ancestors

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Harvard University

Answer 238

signboard ② shop sign ③ reputation of a business

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unconsciously ② unwittingly

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right and proper ② authoritative and fair ③ (modified from Confucian Analects) with the right title (or reputation), the words carry weight

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Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's Art of War 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]).

Answer 242

Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China

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Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China ② erroneous spelling of 利瑪竇|利玛窦

Answer 244

HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)

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Gwoyeu romatzyh romanization system for Chinese devised by Zhao Yuanren in 1926

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Chinese language

Answer 247

nationalization

Answer 248

complicate ② complicating

Answer 249

Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and creator of Chinese writing ② Cangjie input method (computing)

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Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安

Answer 251

Shuowen, the original Han dynasty dictionary by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎

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Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字|说文解字

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spear ② surname Ge

Answer 254

combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) ② Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements ③ also known as joint ideogram or associative compounds

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radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) ② also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character

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loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) ② character acquiring meanings by phonetic association ③ also called phonetic loan

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edge of blade

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lumpy ② rock pile ③ uneven ④ fig. sincere ⑤ open and honest

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oracle script ② oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)

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die ② soldier

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abruptly ② hurriedly

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give present

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Chinese peony ② Paeonia albiflora or lactiflora

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stamen ② pistil

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sunflower seeds

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arch. legendary venomous insect ② to poison ③ to bewitch ④ to drive to insanity ⑤ to harm by witchcraft ⑥ intestinal parasite

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to poison ② to bewitch ③ to put a spell on sb ④ to harm by witchcraft

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to poison ② to bewitch ③ to put a spell on sb ④ to harm by witchcraft

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cut across (throat)

Answer 270

cut off the flesh as punishment

Answer 271

to pan fry ② to sauté

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an armlet ② bracelet

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to corrode ② to rust

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to rust ② to grow rusty ③ to corrode ④ oxidization

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stainless steel

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mulberry tree, with leaves used to feed silkworms

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grapefruit

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pomelo ② shaddock

Answer 279

mandarin ducks ② affectionate couple

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eloquent ② talent

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umbilical cord

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the new moon ② the first day of the lunar month

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to clutch ② to grab ③ to capture

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to struggle ② struggling

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to rescue ② to be rescued

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enriched uranium

Answer 287

plutonium (chemistry)

Answer 288

ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister from 2008

Answer 289

to shelve ② to set aside

Answer 290

to correct oneself ② to withdraw or modify one's previous remark

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to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasise one is innocent or in the clear

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distribution (business) ② logistics

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daybreak ② approach of dawn

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to undergo (hardship) ② to endure ③ to withstand

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just as in the past (idiom); as before ② continuing as always

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urgent priority

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lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom); fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past ② a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then

Answer 298

to admire ② to praise ③ to appreciate

Answer 299

reaffirm ② reiterate

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immediately ② presently ③ following which

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exclusive economic zone

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to defend (legal) rights

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to water down ② to play down ③ to trivialize ④ to weaken ⑤ to become dull with time ⑥ to desalinate ⑦ desalination

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force feeding (as a teaching method)

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pious ② devout ③ sincere

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swift; agile; efficient; quick-witted (colloquial) ② also written 麻利|麻利[ma2 li5]

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modest ② self-deprecating

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to stare at

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so that ② in order to ③ easy to use

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can be rated as ② can be said to be

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to favor ② to think highly of ③ one's good graces

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Ramadan (Islam)

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performance ② track record ③ outstanding achievement ④ great feat ⑤ yield (of investment) ⑥ growth ⑦ performance (i.e. company profits) ⑧ sales

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nitrous oxide N2O ② laughing gas

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perception ② consciousness

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dosage ② prescribed dose of medicine

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acupuncture and moxibustion ② to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion

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acupuncture point

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Chinese mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) ② phonetic ai or i ③ abbr. for Aids 艾滋病[]

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take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan) ② keep what is good, discard the rest ③ You need to be selective when studying. ④ In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.

Answer 321

stew slowly

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stewed meat ② beef stew

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hot-headed ② impulsive ③ reckless

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diagnosis ② to diagnose

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dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless ② in low spirits ③ washed out

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dull and colorless (idiom); lacking vitality ② not lively

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long-winded ② wordy ③ troublesome

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a pain killer ② an analgesic

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to treat the symptoms but not the root cause

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stupefied ② startled

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to fall ill ② to sicken

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public anger ② popular indignation

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(technical) manual ② (book of) directions ③ synopsis (of a play or film) ④ CL:本[ben3]

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Ewenke ethnic group of inner Mongolia

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Ryūkyū ② refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan

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composition ② make-up ③ ingredient ④ element ⑤ component ⑥ one's social status ⑦ CL:個|个[ge4]

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income does not cover expenditure ② unable to make ends meet

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living hand-to-mouth (idiom)

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to extract ore or other resource from a mine

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to complement ② to make up for a deficiency

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to have ② to involve

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tint ② coloring ③ coloration ④ character

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leave without saying good-bye

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to neuter livestock

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one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)