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+ 千載難逢 千载难逢 [qian1 zai3 nan2 feng2] /lit. hard to meet in a thousand years (成语 saw); extremely rare opportunity/once in a blue moon/

+ 燕京大學 燕京大学 [Yan4 jing1 Da4 xue2] /Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919/

+ 大公報 大公报 [Da4 Gong1 Bao4] /Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name/Ta Kung Pao, founded 1902 in Beijing, now published in Hong Kong/

+ 波茨坦會議 波茨坦会议 [Bo1 ci2 tan3 hui4 yi4] /Potsdam conference, July-August 1945, between Truman, Stalin and British prime ministers Churchill and Attlee/

+ 波茨坦 波茨坦 [Bo1 ci2 tan3] /Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany/

+ 紐倫堡 纽伦堡 [Niu3 lun2 bao3] /Nürnberg or Nuremberg, town in Bavaria, Germany/

+ 近水樓臺 近水楼台 [jin4 shui3 lou2 tai2] /lit. a pavilion near the water (成语 saw); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor/

+ 好兵帥克 好兵帅克 [Hao3 bing1 Shuai4 ke4] /The Good Soldier Švejk (Schweik), satirical novel by Czech author Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923)/

+ 蕭乾 萧乾 [Xiao1 Qian2] /Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during second world war in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator/

+ 溫飽 温饱 [wen1 bao3] /to have enough food and warm clothes/adequately provided/

+ 考入 考入 [kao3 ru4] /to pass entrance exam/to enter college after a competitive exam/

+ 輔仁大學 辅仁大学 [Fu3 ren2 da4 xue2] /Furen Catholic university of Beijing (from 1925), a forerunner of Beijing Normal University 北京師範大學|北京师范大学/Fujen Catholic University in Hsinchuang, Taipei/

+ 埃德加 埃德加 [Ai1 de2 jia1] /Edgar (name)/

+ 斯諾 斯诺 [Si1 nuo4] /Snow (name)/Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China/

+ 埃德加・斯諾 埃德加・斯诺 [Ai1 de2 jia1 · Si1 nuo4] /Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China/