FSI Set 19 Flashcards

Question

山竹[山竹] shānzhú

Answer 1

mangosteen

Answer 2

offer sacrifice

Answer 3

interactive

Answer 4

interactive TV

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the years of a person's life

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Time fleets past. (idiom)

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elegant ② surname Yu

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clear ② limpid

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and even ② to go so far as to

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deductive (logic)

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to sum up ② to summarize ③ to conclude from facts ④ induction (method of deduction in logic)

Answer 12

camphor tree

Answer 13

liquid-liquid extraction

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camphor C10H16O

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camphor balls ② moth balls

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reseed ② resow ③ replant

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height above sea level ② elevation

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continue ② last longer

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habit (often unhealthy) ② mannerism

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place ② location ③ whereabouts ④ domicile ⑤ to be located ⑥ to belong to (organization etc)

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carry out a large-scale (military) operation

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to extend ② to spread

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to call into question ② to question (truth or validity)

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child care ② child welfare

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ancestor ② forebears

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to cudgel one's brains for a ruse (to) (idiom)

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to hug ② to cherish ③ within the bosom (of the family) ④ to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)

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rule ② dominate

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Shule ancient name for modern Kashgar

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to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain ② also written 渾水摸魚|浑水摸鱼

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thunder from a clear sky (idiom); a bolt from the blue

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think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance

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think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully

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display one's slight skill before an expert

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the wise may appear stupid (idiom); a genius not appreciated in his own time

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ephemeral ② short-lived ③ transient ④ flash in the pan

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lit. the night blooming cactus shows once ② beautiful but short-lived (idiom)

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(idiom) inharmonious ② incompatible

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to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)

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a nail in one's eye ② fig. a thorn in one's flesh

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to concentrate one's attention (idiom)

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to listen with respectful attention ② (a polite request to sb to speak) ③ we are all ears

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to seek truth from facts (idiom) ② to be practical and realistic

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to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous ② guilding the lily

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to play the lute to a cow (idiom); fig. offering a treat to a unappreciative audience ② to cast pearls before swine ③ caviar to the general ④ to preach to deaf ears ⑤ to talk over sb's head

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complaint ② to file a complaint ③ to sue

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to praise ② to commend

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laugh in (up) one's sleeve ② snigger ③ snicker

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in a flash, quickly

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to have evil intentions

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to endure (anger, etc.)

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to choke ② to stifle ③ to restrain ④ to hold back ⑤ to hold in (urine) ⑥ to hold (one's breath)

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mirror ② CL:面[mian4],個|个[ge4]

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a comb ② to comb

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to act with confusion ② to be in a flurry ③ to be flustered

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to talk about often ② to discuss ③ to reminisce about

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variant of 撅, to pout ② to stick out one's tongue or lips

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to break off ② to snap

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to pout one's lips in displeasure (idiom)

Answer 60

to pout (to express anger or displeasure)

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day and night ② around the clock

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to inquire about

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to be free ② loose

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to embody ② to reflect ③ to give expression to ④ to be reflected in ⑤ exemplify

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Dunhuang county level city in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu

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to assist by the arm ② to mix ③ to support ④ to sustain

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admittedly (it's true that...)

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intrinsic to sth ② inherent ③ native

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worldview ② world outlook ③ Weltanschauung

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lofty aspirations and high ideals (idiom)

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to be deadlocked

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lit. mountain has a connecting pulse throughout like a dragon (idiom, from fengshui); sequence of events ② pedigree ③ cause and effects ④ the whys and wherefors ⑤ where sth comes from and where it goes ⑥ ins and outs

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to ask (a question) in reply ② to answer a question with a question ③ rhetorical question

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to retort ② to refute

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to be out of the question

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vocation ② duty ③ mission in life

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in private

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start ② put one's hand to ③ set about ④ the seat to the right of the main guest

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subordinate ② underling

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leadership ② under one's control or administration ③ subordinates ④ to take action ⑤ to run out of money

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to show ② to show off ③ to display ④ to manifest ⑤ expression ⑥ manifestation ⑦ show ⑧ display ⑨ performance (at work etc)

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image ② form ③ figure ④ CL:個|个[ge4]

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critic ② reviewer

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to issue (a statement) ② to publish ③ to issue ④ to put out

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lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others ② pour encourager les autres

Answer 86

imperceptibly ② virtually

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outlook ② prospect ③ to look ahead ④ to look forward to

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foreground ② vista ③ (future) prospects ④ perspective

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front-line ② forward position ③ outpost ④ extending ahead ⑤ frontier (of science)

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lively ② vivacious ③ brisk ④ active

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item ② stump ③ stake ④ pile

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pile driver (machinery)

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It's a nice place to live in. (idiom)

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to ruminate ② to ponder subtleties

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to put up innumerable obstacles ② to create all kinds of difficulties (idiom)

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in hundred and one ways ② in every possible way ③ by every means

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to be hard on sb ② to deliberately make things difficult

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to astonish ② to horrify

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naked ② bare

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bare ② naked

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opposite direction ② reverse

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settlement ② international settlement in many Chinese cities established under unequal treaties from 1860

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to stir up emotion ② to arouse sympathy ③ moving

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rendering (computing) ② to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) ③ to exaggerate ④ to embellish

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to construct (often sth abstract, such as good relations) ② to set up ③ to develop ④ construction (abstract) ⑤ architecture

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lit. to ride a laboring horse to great deeds ② fig. a heroic contribution

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to plunder ② to loot ③ robbery ④ pillage

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to seize ② to snatch ③ to grab

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to gush ② to squirt ③ to surge ④ to well out ⑤ to overflow

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to emerge in all its splendor (of the sun) (idiom)

Answer 111

to endure ② may ③ can

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bitter ② harsh ③ grim ④ ruthless ⑤ severe ⑥ cut-throat (competition)

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to come true ② to come about as predicted ③ to be fulfilled

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to gasp in amazement ② to acclaim as the peak of perfection

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incomparably good

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isolate ② isolated

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to suffer unexpected violent scheme (idiom)

Answer 118

to crowd out ② to push aside ③ to supplant

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to cover the whole (area) ② spread everywhere

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lit. see one spot on a leopard; fig. a restricted view

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lit. see one spot on a leopard (idiom); fig. a restricted view

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spot ② colored patch ③ stripe ④ spotted ⑤ striped ⑥ variegated

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leopard ② panther

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to peep ② to pry into

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to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie ② to get a share of the action ③ abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎

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lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie ② to get a share of the action

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situation ② circumstance

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to contrast ② to compare ③ to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) ④ to check

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no need for

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a dispute ② to wrangle

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to appear ② to emerge ③ present (a certain appearance) ④ demonstrate

Answer 132

brag ② harmony ③ make known

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to incite ② to instigate

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loud and clear ② resounding

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Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan)

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one unity pervades all things (idiom)

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changes ② vicissitudes

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to eliminate ② to do away with ③ to get rid of

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synchronous

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Adolph Abramovich Joffe (1883-1927), Soviet and Comintern diplomat and spy in 1922-23 in Republican China

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Yue Fei (1103-1142), Song general famous for fighting the Jin 金 Mongols

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the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)

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Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period ② Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school

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Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and important statesman of Qin state 秦國|秦国 whose militaristic reforms in 356 and 350 BC played a key role in establishing Qin power

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Shen Buhai (385-337 BC), legalist political thinker

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Han Feizi (c. 280-233 BC) pre-Han dynasty Legalist philosopher

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Xun Zi or Hsun Tzu (c.310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher

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Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and Prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC

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to burn the books and bury alive the Confucian scholars (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)

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lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times ② Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)

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scholar ② Confucian

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official name ② proper title ③ to attain a formal title

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five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信 ② five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends) ③ five phases of Chinese philosophy: water 水, fire 火, wood 木, metal 金, earth 土

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to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance

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Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子

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the Analects of Confucius

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doctrine of the mean

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Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius ② book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism

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the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, the Book of History 書經|书经, the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, the Book of Changes 易經|易经, and the Spring and Autumn annals 春秋

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Shi Jing (Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems)

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The Book of Changes ("I Ching")

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Classic of Rites

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Book of History ② a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius ③ also called 尚書經|尚书经 or 尚書|尚书 or 書|书

Answer 164

spring and autumn ② four seasons ③ the year ④ a person's age ⑤ Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BCE) ⑥ Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BCE) ⑦ used in book titles

Answer 165

To err is human. (idiom)

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the Way of the King ② statecraft ③ benevolent rule ④ virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道

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benevolent policy ② humane government

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people's livelihood ② people's welfare

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three principles and five virtues (idiom) ② the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)

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The Scholars, Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吴敬梓, an extended satire on the Imperial Examination system

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Tokugawa, the ruling clan of Japan from 1550-1850

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all living things

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false ② fake ③ forged ④ bogus ⑤ Taiwan pr. wei4

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Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism ② the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi

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Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author

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Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?)

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mutual promotion and restraint (idiom)

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Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty

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Imperial College (or Academy), the highest educational body in Imperial China

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Empty talk and no action will ruin the country. (idiom)

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School of Principle ② Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢[Cheng2 Hao4], Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐[Cheng2 Yi2] and Zhu Xi 朱熹|朱熹[Zhu1 xi1])

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Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子, Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism

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gas ② air ③ smell ④ weather ⑤ vital breath ⑥ to anger ⑦ to get angry ⑧ to be enraged

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to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2] ② word for Western natural sciences during late Qing

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School of Mind ② Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明 ③ 王阳明[Wang2 Yang2 ming2])

Answer 186

intuitive knowledge

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instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong ② innate moral sense

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Teachers' Day

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the unity of knowledge and practice (idiom)

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reason ② intellect ③ rationality

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Dàtóng prefecture level city in Shānxī 山西 ② Datong or Great community in neo-Confucian philosophy, sim. New Jerusalem

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value ② accord great importance to

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to worship ② adoration

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scene ② occasion

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situation ② occasion

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vision, an eye for, perspective, taste (vs. 视野 perspective, field of view)

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to split up ② to break up

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deeds ② foreign ③ classifier for repeated actions: time

Answer 199

personally

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swindler ② a cheat

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to keep ② to collect

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a collector (e.g. of artworks)

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favorites folder (web browser)

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firm ② resolute ③ determined

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one after another ② in succession ③ one by one ④ continuously ⑤ diverse ⑥ in profusion ⑦ numerous and confused ⑧ pell-mell

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on end ② in a row ③ in succession

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to comment on ② to discuss ③ comment ④ commentary ⑤ CL: 篇[pian1]

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critic ② reviewer

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to evaluate ② to assess

Answer 210

hiragana (Japanese script ひらがな)

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katakana (Japanese script カタカナ)

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to transplant

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confused ② dizzy ③ giddy ④ faint ⑤ swoon ⑥ lose consciousness ⑦ pass out

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clear-headed ② sober ③ awake

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entail strenuous effort ② be a strain

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at that time ② originally

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then ② at that time ③ while

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honored guest ② distinguished guest ③ VIP

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VIP lounge

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to meet ② to encounter ③ to come across

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to assault ② to pounce ③ to rush at sth ④ to throw oneself on

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playing card ② CL:副[fu4]

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to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odours)

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loud and clear ② resounding

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to assemble ② to fit together

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to work out ② to formulate

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to draw up ② to formulate

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to appoint ② to assign ③ to indicate clearly and with certainty ④ designated

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to appoint ② to assign

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learning ② science ③ academic ④ CL:個|个[ge4]

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ancestor ② forebears

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ancestor ② forebear

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arduous ② terrible (task) ③ very difficult ④ formidable

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race ② ethnicity

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to dispose ② to deploy ③ deployment

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send (on a mission) ② dispatch

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arrangement ② composition ③ layout ④ opening (chess jargon)

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to adjourn ② to delay ③ to defer ④ adjournment ⑤ procrastination

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you can't guard against it (idiom) ② impossible to defend effectively ③ not much one can do about it ④ It can't be prevented.

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false friendship ② hypocritical show of affection

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out of genuine friendship (idiom) ② sincere feelings

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Aiwan Pavilion, one Mt Yuelu 岳麓山 in Hubei, famous beauty spot

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absent-minded

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to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)

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manned orbiting space station

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much hardships may awaken a nation (idiom); calamity that prompts renewal

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dangers spring up all around (idiom); surrounded by perils

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good and bad ② most unfortunate occurrence ③ in any case ④ whatever

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fantastic ② bizarre ③ odd ④ astonished

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space flight

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airship ② spaceship

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unidentified flying object (UFO) ② flying saucer

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field of view ② horizon

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intelligent ② able ③ smart (phone, system, bomb etc)

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function ② role

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ruins ② historic relics

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a dome ② a vault ③ a domed roof

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to send to distant exile (idiom)

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source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion) ② origin ③ where sth comes from

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Apollo (loanword)

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incessantly ② without end ③ more than ④ not limited to

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pattern ② type ③ trick

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to wear down ② to sap ③ to whittle away ④ to while away ⑤ to idle away

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nearly exhausted ② practically nothing left

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dangerous ② perilous ③ endanger ④ almost ⑤ probably ⑥ only

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a straw to clutch at (idiom)

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wording ② way of expressing something ③ turn of phrase ④ diction

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great hopes ② great expectations

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to survey comprehensively ② an overall survey

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to move up and down ② to undulate ③ ups and downs

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to ebb and rise ② to decrease and then grow

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(saying) a discussion with everybody talking at once

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onomat. chirp ② twitter ③ buzzing ④ to chatter continuously

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earthquake epicenter

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(earthquake) aftershocks

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seismometer

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seismogram

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the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 张衡 in 132 ② abbr. for 候風地動儀|候风地动仪

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the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 张衡 in 132

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seismology ② science of earthquakes

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observatory

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planetarium

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Astronomical Unit ② AU ③ 149,567,892 km

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to bask in the light ② fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth ③ reflected glory

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infected by ② moisten ③ receive favors

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to make arrangements with ② to talk over with

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lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means

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to stop ② to bar the way

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to intercept

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over and over again ② again and again

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again and again (idiom)

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to talk about often ② to discuss ③ to reminisce about

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to train ② to educate ③ to bring up ④ to nurture ⑤ education ⑥ culture ⑦ upbringing ⑧ early conditioning

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Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645

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Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (712-756)

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seasoned ② experienced

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out of genuine friendship (idiom) ② sincere feelings

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false friendship ② hypocritical show of affection

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to equate ② equal to

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to attend to things and receive people (idiom)

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loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)

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

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way of life ② attitude ③ modus operandi

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to make a comment out of personal feelings (idiom)

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get along with each other

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A gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]).

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Friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]).

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an acquaintance

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friendship ② emotional relations between people

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maverick ② deliberately unconventional ③ to conceal the whole story

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to endorse ② to support

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to elect ② election ③ CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4]

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philosophic theory ② philosophy

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lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas ② strange bedfellows ③ marital dissension

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to decorate ② to dress up ③ to deck

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masked ② covered face

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conventional