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+ 借端 借端 [jie4 duan1] /to use as pretext/

+ 欄 栏 [lan2] /fence/railing/hurdle/column (of balance sheet)/box (on spreadsheet)/

+ 借入方 借入方 [jie4 ru4 fang1] /borrower/debit side (of a balance sheet)/

+ 出借 出借 [chu1 jie4] /to lend/to put out a loan/

+ 承租方 承租方 [cheng2 zu1 fang1] /borrower/leaser/the hiring side of a contract/

+ 借古諷今 借古讽今 [jie4 gu3 feng4 jin1] /to use the past to disparage the present (成语 saw)/

+ 借故 借故 [jie4 gu4] /to find an excuse/

+ 退席 退席 [tui4 xi2] /to absent oneself from a meeting/to decline to attend/

+ 借光 借光 [jie4 guang1] /Excuse me./reflected glory/to profit from sb else's prestige/

+ 借花獻佛 借花献佛 [jie4 hua1 xian4 Fo2] /lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (成语 saw); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property/plagiarism/

+ 借火 借火 [jie4 huo3] /to borrow a light (for a cigarette)/

+ 臭美 臭美 [chou4 mei3] /to show off one's good looks shamelessly/

+ 臭味相投 臭味相投 [chou4 wei4 xiang1 tou2] /to share vile habits/partners in notoriety/birds of a feather/

+ 臭子兒 臭子儿 [chou4 zi3 er5] /dead bullet (i.e. not firing)/

+ 臭名昭著 臭名昭著 [chou4 ming2 zhao1 zhu4] /notorious/infamous/egregious (bandits)/

+ 唇亡齒寒 唇亡齿寒 [chun2 wang2 chi3 han2] /lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (成语 saw); fig. intimately interdependent/

+ 假途滅虢 假途灭虢 [jia3 tu2 mie4 Guo2] /lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (成语 saw); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner/

+ 退避三捨 退避三舍 [tui4 bi4 san1 she4] /lit. to retreat three day's march (成语 saw); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength/a strategic withdrawal/

+ 投軍 投军 [tou2 jun1] /to join up/

+ 偪 偪 [bi1] /variant of 逼, to compel/to pressure/to force/to bother/

+ 陸榮廷 陆荣廷 [Lu4 Rong2 ting2] /Lu Rongting (1858-1928), provincial governor of Guangxi under the Qing, subsequently leader of old Guangxi warlord faction/

+ 白崇禧 白崇禧 [Bai2 Chong2 xi3] /Bai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949/

+ 桂系軍閥 桂系军阀 [Gui4 xi4 jun1 fa2] /Guangxi warlord faction, from 1911-1930/