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Change log entry 166
Processed by: miles (2007-06-24 13:29:25 UTC)
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- 軍事職業專業 军事职业专业 [jun1 shi4 zhi2 ye4 zhuan1 ye4] /MOS - Military Occupation Specialty (US Army)/
+ 軍事職業專業 军事职业专业 [jun1 shi4 zhi2 ye4 zhuan1 ye4] /Military occupation specialty (MOS, US military term)/
 
- 嗯 嗯 [ng4] /intj. O.K.; Agreed!/(a non-verbal exclamation)/
- 嗯 嗯 [en4] /In Taiwan, a common grunting sound used when giving a positive response to a question - i.e., "yes"/
+ 嗯 嗯 [en4] /(nonverbal grunt as interjection)/OK, yeah/what?/
 
- 四人幫 四人帮 [si4 ren2 bang1] /Gang of Four - Jiang1 Qing1 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution/
+ 四人幫 四人帮 [si4 ren2 bang1] /Gang of Four: Jiang1 Qing1 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution/
 
- 孟浩然 孟浩然 [meng4 hao4 ran2] /Meng Hao-Ran - a Tang Dynasty Poet (689-740)/
+ 孟浩然 孟浩然 [Meng4 Hao4 ran2] /Meng Haoran (689-740), Tang Dynasty Poet/
 
- 鐵飯碗 铁饭碗 [tie3 fan4 wan3] /"iron rice bowl" -- secure employment/
+ 鐵飯碗 铁饭碗 [tie3 fan4 wan3] /secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)/
 
- 彼一時此一時 彼一时此一时 [bi3 yi1 shi2 ci3 yi1 shi2] /that was one situation and this is another - times have changed/
+ 彼一時此一時 彼一时此一时 [bi3 yi1 shi2 ci3 yi1 shi2] /that was one thing, and this is another/times have changed/
 
- 笨鳥先飛 笨鸟先飞 [ben4 niao3 xian1 fei1] /clumsy birds have to start flying early - the slow need to start early/
+ 笨鳥先飛 笨鸟先飞 [ben4 niao3 xian1 fei1] /lit. a clumsy bird flies early; fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities/
 
- 不見棺材不落淚 不见棺材不落泪 [bu4 jian4 guan1 cai2 bu4 luo4 lei4] /not shed a tear until one sees the coffin - refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality/
+ 不見棺材不落淚 不见棺材不落泪 [bu4 jian4 guan1 cai2 bu4 luo4 lei4] /fig. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin; lit. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality/
 
- 八股 八股 [ba1 gu3] /eight -part essay/stereotyped writing/
+ 八股 八股 [ba1 gu3] /an essay in eight parts/stereotyped writing/
 
- 抱薪救火 抱薪救火 [bao4 xin1 jiu4 huo3] /carry faggots to put out a fire - adopt a wrong method to save a situation and end up by making it worse/
+ 抱薪救火 抱薪救火 [bao4 xin1 jiu4 huo3] /lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire; fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action/
 
- 委 委 [wei1] /see wei1 yi2 - 逶迤/
+ 委 委 [wei1] /see 逶迤 wei1 yi2/
 
- 般若波羅密 般若波罗密 [ban1 ruo4 bo1 luo2 mi4] /prajna paramita (Sanskirt for "supreme wisdom" - beginning of the heart sutra)/
+ 般若波羅密 般若波罗密 [ban1 ruo4 bo1 luo2 mi4] /prajna paramita (Sanskrit: supreme wisdom - beginning of the Heart Sutra)/
+ 般若波羅密多心經 般若波罗密多心经 [ban1 ruo4 bo1 luo2 mi4 duo1 xin1 jing1] /the Heart Sutra/
+ 般若 般若 [ban1 ruo4] /Sanskrit prajna: wisdom/great wisdom/wondrous knowledge/
+ 千經萬卷 千经万卷 [qian1 jing1 wan4 juan3] /lit. a thousand sutras, ten thousand scrolls; fig. the vast Buddhist canon/
+ 心經 心经 [xin1 jing1] /the Heart Sutra/
+ 妙智慧 妙智慧 [miao4 zhi4 hui4] /wondrous wisdom and knowledge (Buddh.)/
+ 大智慧 大智慧 [da4 zhi4 hui4] /great wisdom and knowledge (Buddh.)/
- 覺悟 觉悟 [jue2 wu4] /consciousness/awareness/
+ 覺悟 觉悟 [jue2 wu4] /consciousness/awareness/Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda)/
By MDBG 2025
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