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+ 忍心 忍心 [ren3 xin1] /to have the heart to do sth/to steel oneself to a task/

+ 文筆 文笔 [wen2 bi3] /writing/style/

+ 不求收獲 不求收获 [bu4 qiu2 shou1 huo4] /not expecting any reward/not asking for favors/

+ 散文 散文 [san3 wen2] /prose/essay/

+ 傾頹 倾颓 [qing1 tui2] /to collapse/to topple/to capsize/

+ 酋長 酋长 [qiu2 zhang3] /headman (of primitive people)/tribal chief/used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir/

+ 酋長國 酋长国 [qiu2 zhang3 guo2] /Emirate/Sheikdom/used as translation for country under a chief/

+ 文房四寶 文房四宝 [wen2 fang2 si4 bao3] /Four Treasures of the Study, namely: brush 筆|笔, ink 墨|墨, paper 紙|纸 and inkstone 硯|砚, the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship/

+ 愛情喜劇 爱情喜剧 [ai4 qing2 xi3 ju4] /romantic comedy/

+ 白話詩 白话诗 [bai2 hua4 shi1] /free verse in the vernacular/

+ 五四 五四 [wu3 si4] /fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles/

+ 閑談 闲谈 [xian2 tan2] /idle talk/empty gossip/

+ 白香詞譜 白香词谱 [Bai2 xiang1 ci2 pu3] /Anthology of ci poems tunes (1795), edited by Xu Menglan 舒夢蘭|舒梦兰, with 100 accessible poems from Tang through to Qing times/

+ 舒夢蘭 舒梦兰 [Shu1 Meng4 lan2] /Shu Menglan (1759-1835), Qin dynasty writer, poet and editor of Anthology of ci poems tunes 白香詞譜|白香词谱/

+ 莎士比亞 莎士比亚 [Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4] /Shakespeare (name)/William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright/

+ 悲劇性 悲剧性 [bei1 ju4 xing4] /tragic/

+ 悲劇缺陷 悲剧缺陷 [bei1 ju4 que1 xian4] /tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)/

+ 才子佳人 才子佳人 [cai2 zi3 jia1 ren2] /gifted scholar and beautiful woman (pair of lovers in fiction)/

+ 斑頭雁 斑头雁 [ban1 tou2 yan4] /bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)/

+ 棕頭鷗 棕头鸥 [zong1 tou2 ou1] /brown-headed gull (Larus brunnicephalus)/

+ 拖尾巴 拖尾巴 [tuo1 wei3 ba5] /to obstruct/to be a drag on sb/to delay finishing off a job/

+ 拖後腿 拖后腿 [tuo1 hou4 tui3] /to impede/to obstruct/to hold back/