FSI Set 12 Flashcards

Question

名落孙山[名落孫山] míngluòsūnshān

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(idiom) to fail in imperial exam

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unbearable ② terrible ③ enough ④ unlikely

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to like to show off one's knowledge ② to be fond of teaching others (idiom)

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to give in charity ② to give alms (to the poor)

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to baffle ② to humiliate ③ shame ④ dishonor ⑤ humiliation

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favor ② to give charity to sb out of pity

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personality ② integrity ③ dignity

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to personalize ② anthropomorphism

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each person has his likes and dislikes ② there is no accounting for taste ③ chacun a son gout

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to play games (such as Chinese chess) ② to gamble ③ gaming

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to apply (paint etc) ② to smear ③ to daub ④ to blot out ⑤ to scribble ⑥ to scrawl ⑦ mud (literary)

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drawing ② picture

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guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement ② the punishment fits the crime

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optimal ② optimum

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betel palm (Areca catechu) ② betel nut

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tuberculosis, TB

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woodpecker

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cf Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official famous as honest politician

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lever-knife

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emperor's son-in-law

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to conceal ② to hide (a taboo subject) ③ to cover up the truth

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black hat (worn by feudal official) ② fig. official post

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to uphold ② to hold fast to

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that's all ② nothing more

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lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning) ② to share fairly between two parties ③ to go fifty-fifty

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clapper talk ② patter song (in opera) with clapperboard accompaniment

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rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder

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through ② via

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to extend (everywhere)

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still ② yet ③ to remain

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to be ② thus ③ so ④ therefore ⑤ then ⑥ only ⑦ thereupon

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And vice-versa. (idiom)

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misgivings ② apprehensions

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damage ② destruction ③ to devastate ④ to vandalize

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accuse ② charge ③ sue

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complainant ② plaintiff

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persons involved or implicated ② party (to an affair)

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human testimony and material evidence

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readily ② flatly (deny, admit and so on)

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petty crime ② misdemeanor

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serious crime ② felony

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to abuse one's power for personal gain (idiom)

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variant of 泄露|泄露[xie4 lou4]

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to leak (information) ② to divulge

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five viscera and six bowels of traditional Chinese medicine

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to delay ② to extend ③ to postpone ④ to defer

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beauty ② glamor ③ voluptuousness

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erotic verse

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favorable opportunity for an encounter with a beautiful woman ② also written 艷遇|艳遇

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amiable and approachable (idiom); easy-going ② modest and unassuming ③ (of writing) plain and simple ④ easy to understand

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illustrious ② celebrated

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five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水

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small and exquisite (idiom)

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onomat. ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑) ② tinkling of gem-pendants

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tinkling of gem-pendants

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onomat. clink of jewels ② exquisite ③ detailed and fine ④ clever ⑤ nimble

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to use other people's experience ② to borrow from a source ③ to use as reference

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delicate ② fine ③ careful ④ meticulous ⑤ painstaking

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down to the smallest detail ② thorough-going ③ fine and detailed

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hereafter ② henceforth ③ in the future ④ from now on

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must not ② may not ③ not be allowed ④ cannot

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ask for instructions

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be in motion ② to move ③ to run

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procedures ② sequence ③ order ④ computer program

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a blanket ② CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1],床[chuang2],面[mian4]

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delay ② hold-up ③ wasted time ④ loss caused by delay

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to prolong ② to extend ③ to delay ④ surname Yan

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birth ② birthday ③ brag ④ boast ⑤ to increase

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delay ② hold-up ③ to waste time ④ to interfere with

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chronic disease ② guilt ③ remorse

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details ② particulars

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common sense ② general knowledge ③ CL:門|门[men2]

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compensate ② make up

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duty ② obligation ③ commitment ④ volunteer duty ⑤ CL:項|项[xiang4] ⑥ mandatory ⑦ voluntary

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a list ② to list ③ to enumerate

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to play games (such as Chinese chess) ② to gamble ③ gaming

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favor ② to give charity to sb out of pity

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axiom (in logic) ② axiomatic

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justice ② righteous ③ righteousness

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to assign ② to entrust (a task) ③ to give ④ to bestow

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to versify ② to compose poetry

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wretched ② poverty-stricken ③ unpresentable (for clothing, gifts, etc.)

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reason ② sense

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to enforce ② enforcement ③ forcibly ④ compulsory

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to post (a notice) ② to advertise

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darkness comes before dawn ② things can only get better(idiom)

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One is never to old to learn. (idiom)

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sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn ② ars longa, vita brevis

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consolidate

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to drive in reverse ② fig. to take a backward step ③ retrogressive ④ trying to turn the clock back

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hard to bear ② unendurable (pain, suffering)

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to boil ② stew ③ to simmer

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stay up late or all night

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language component ② morpheme ③ individual characters (making up an expression)

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not valid ② ineffective ③ in vain

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obstacle ② hindrance ③ resistance ④ obstruction

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to involve ② to implicate

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solve the main problem and everything will follow ② death ends all one's troubles (idiom)

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relief ② to free oneself ③ to break away from ④ to extricate oneself ⑤ to relieve ⑥ to liberate ⑦ to emancipate ⑧ free ⑨ relieved

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grasshopper

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preventative measures ② to guard against accident or disaster

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to prevent troubles before the event (idiom); to forestall ② to nip sth in the bud ③ prevention (is better than cure)

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it will cause no end of trouble (idiom); nip the problem in the bud

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rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown ② secret to all but a few

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drenched with blood ② dripping blood (idiom)

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would rather ② better

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be compelled ② be forced

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to enforce ② enforcement ③ forcibly ④ compulsory

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required course ② compulsory course

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stuntman ② to work as substitute for sb else ③ scapegoat ④ fall-guy

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substitute actor (esp. in fights of theatrical stunts) ② stuntman

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When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do ② When in Rome, do as the Romans do

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disparity between rich and poor

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(dual pronoun) you and me, we two ② variant of 咱|咱[zan2] ③ surname Zan

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learned ② erudite

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lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble ② doing things at the last minute ③ to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)

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to start to prepare only at the last moment (idiom)

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become visible

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to meet ② to run into ③ to come across

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parts of the country other than where one is ② foreign lands

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at the instant sth happens ② temporary ③ interim ④ ad hoc

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to look after ② to attend to ③ to have in care

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cigarette ② smoke from burning incense ③ CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]

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to feel wronged ② to nurse a grievance ③ to cause sb to feel wronged

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tall and strong

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younger generation

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public place

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corporal punishment

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impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force

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to give relief (material)

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to evade ② to shun ③ to avoid

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avoid ② sidestep ③ skirt (an issue)

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sleeping mat ② by means of

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in disorder

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mark ② indication ③ sign ④ indicator

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nowadays ② now

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comparatively ② (preposition comparing difference in degree) ③ to contrast ④ to compare ⑤ rather ⑥ fairly ⑦ clearly (different) ⑧ markedly ⑨ to haggle over ⑩ to quibble

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spacious ② wide

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wide ② broad ③ extensive ④ vast

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extensive ② wide range

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Social Democratic Party

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to use other people's experience ② to borrow from a source ③ to use as reference

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to use other people's experience ② to borrow from a source ③ to use as reference

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think tank ② knowledge base

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a shout ② fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group

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aids and advisors of top officials

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official ② bureaucrat ③ government employee who doesn't do any work

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article (in publication)

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for the first time ② suddenly

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herald ② pioneer

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proposal ② recommendation ③ to draft

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definition ② to delimit

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to check and balance (power) ② checks and balances

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test point ② to carry out trial ③ pilot scheme

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very short of (food, clean water etc) ② extreme shortage ③ deficit

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boundary ② marginal

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through ② via

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to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people

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intervene ② get involved

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to be ② thus ③ so ④ therefore ⑤ then ⑥ only ⑦ thereupon

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still ② yet ③ to remain

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to be full of ② to flood ③ to congest

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will not grudge (idiom)

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to extend (everywhere)

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village ② township

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to cover ② to comprise ③ to include

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surrounding

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more hands, less speed (idiom)

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to pull ② to draw ③ to pull back ④ to withdraw ⑤ to flash past

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elbow ② pork shoulder

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therein ② in this

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a person in the know

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to hand over to the next workshift

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to take risks ② to take chances ③ foray ④ adventure

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to give ② to grant ③ to pay out

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trusted aide ② confidant ③ reliable agent ④ to confide

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and then (what follows next)

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pressure cooker

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tiny ② fine ③ minute

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appearance ② to appear

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to stop ② to resist ③ to obstruct

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like confronting a mortal enemy (idiom)

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act in a (official or personal) capacity

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to cause trouble ② to provoke a disturbance

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to stop ② repress

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to place hopes on

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to ease (tension) ② to alleviate ③ to moderate ④ to allay ⑤ to make more mild

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to express (an emotion) ② to give vent

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to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms ② to place on a par with ③ (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)

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to ease ② to help relieve (a crisis)

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bold and decisive

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lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation ② too slow to meet a pressing need

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to dissolve ② to resolve (contradictions) ③ to dispel (doubts) ④ to iron out (difficulties) ⑤ to defuse (conflicts) ⑥ to neutralize (fears)

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entity ② substance

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new ② up and coming ③ newly developing ④ rising

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firm and substantial ② solid

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river valley

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joint stock ② ply (e.g. 2-ply yarn)

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Taiwanese businessman ② Taiwanese company

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PRC state council office for Taiwan affairs, abbr. for 國務院台灣事務辦公室|国务院台湾事务办公室[Guo2 wu4 yuan4 Tai2 wan1 Shi4 wu4 Ban4 gong1 shi4]

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(abbr.) ARATS, PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits

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appropriate ② proper

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Melbourne, Australia

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parts of the country other than where one is ② foreign lands

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cigarette ② smoke from burning incense ③ CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]

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to feel wronged ② to nurse a grievance ③ to cause sb to feel wronged

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tall and strong

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ethnic Chinese ② non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry

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still (remaining) ② to remain (the same) ③ yet

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to be gratified

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When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do ② When in Rome, do as the Romans do

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to feel wronged ② to nurse a grievance ③ to cause sb to feel wronged

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to kick ② to trample ③ to tread on

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chalk ② CL:支[zhi1],段[duan4]

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blackboard eraser

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flamethrower

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a torch ② CL:把[ba3]

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torchbearer ② athlete carrying Olympic flame

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up to (a time) ② by (a time)

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white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) ② white book

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an official report (e.g. governmental)

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a pass (authorization through a checkpoint) ② a laissez-passer or safe conduct ③ to authenticate ④ to confirm name and password on a website ⑤ fig. a condition giving access to benefits (e.g. a diploma as a pass to a career)

Answer 223

imperial edict

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to pierce ② to puncture ③ to prod ④ to poke ⑤ wooden or rubber stamp or seal

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man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears

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annoyed ② to feel vexed ③ pointless ④ asinine ⑤ good-for-nothing ⑥ stupid and cowardly

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Goldman Sachs

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a spoof (web based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)

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a heavy load and a long road ② fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)

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gear ② brake ③ sluice ④ lock (on waterway) ⑤ electric switch or circuit breaker

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electric switch ② circuit breaker

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electric fusebox ② switch box

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tame ② obedient

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to crawl ② to creep

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Labrador, Canada ② Labrador (a breed of dog)

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hound ② hunting dog

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to throw ② to fling ③ to swing ④ to leave behind ⑤ to throw off

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figure skating

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bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 錫|锡[xi1])

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curio ② antique

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end in common ruin (idiom)

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peaceful relations ② harmonious

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

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talented and good-looking (idiom)

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to be both brave and resourceful (idiom)

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to have both talent and virtue (idiom)

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having both integrity and talent (idiom)

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Shangri-La (mythical location) ② Shangri-La town and county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan ③ formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸|中甸[Zhong1 dian4] in Tibetan province of Kham

Answer 249

complexion

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to look under-the-weather (idiom)

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face (body part)

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across one's whole face ② (smiling) from ear to ear

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monk (Christian)

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monastery (Christian) ② abbey

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morbid or abnormal state

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to be a professional by training (idiom)

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passed on from ancestors ② handed down from generation to generation

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to swindle by posing as a VIP (idiom)

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disinfectant