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Change log entry 4394
Processed by: miles (2008-07-03 18:47:40 UTC)
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Verified with Taiwanese "Far East Chinese-English dictionary" (遠東漢英大詞典). 蠻干 is not listed, 蠻幹 is listed as :

"To go ahead without considering the circumstances: 我們要苦幹, 但決不蠻幹. We should work hard, but we should never go ahead without considering the circumstances."
Diff:
- 蠻干 蛮干 [man2 gan4] /reckless/rash/foolhardy/
+ 蠻幹 蛮干 [man2 gan4] /to act rashly/to act precipitously regardless of the consequences/reckless/foolhardy/daredevil/
+ 硬幹 硬干 [ying4 gan4] /by brute strength/rashly and forcefully/bull-headed/to work tenaciously with no fear of hardship/
+ 胡作非為 胡作非为 [hu2 zuo4 fei1 wei2] /to run amok (成语 saw); to commit outrages/
+ 蠻纏 蛮缠 [man2 chan2] /to pester/to bother endlessly/
+ 蠻邸 蛮邸 [man2 di3] /foreign mission (in former times)/residence of barbarian emissary/
+ 蠻悍 蛮悍 [man2 han4] /rude and violent/fierce and reckless/
+ 蠻荒 蛮荒 [man2 huang1] /savage/wild/uncivilized territory/
+ 蠻夷 蛮夷 [man2 yi2] /common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory/barbarian/
+ 蠻子 蛮子 [man2 zi5] /insulting term for south Chinese/southern barbarian/chap/
+ 湖光山色 湖光山色 [hu2 guang1 shan1 se4] /scenic lakes and mountain (成语 saw); beautiful lake and mountain landscape/
+ 吳自牧 吴自牧 [Wu2 Zi4 mu4] /Wu Zimu (lived c. 1270), writer at the end of the Song dynasty/
+ 聖王 圣王 [sheng4 wang2] /sacred king/sage ruler/
+ 異母 异母 [yi4 mu3] /sons of same father by different mother/
+ 三皇五帝 三皇五帝 [san1 huang2 wu3 di4] /three sovereigns 三皇 and five emperors 五帝 of myth and legend/the earliest system of Chinese historiography/
+ 盤古氏 盘古氏 [Pan2 gu3 shi4] /Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)/
+ 女媧氏 女娲氏 [Nu:3 wa1 shi4] /Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)/
+ 燧人 燧人 [Sui4 ren2] /Suiren, legendary inventor of fire/
+ 伏羲氏 伏羲氏 [Fu2 Xi1 shi4] /Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping, and writing/
- 炎黃子孫 炎黄子孙 [Yan2 huang2 zi3 sun1] /descendants of Yen & Yellow Emperors/
+ 炎黃子孫 炎黄子孙 [Yan2 huang2 zi3 sun1] /descendants of the Fiery Emperor and Yellow Emperor/Chinese people/
- 管仲 管仲 [Guan3 Zhong4] /Guan Zhong (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi of Spring and Autumn period/
+ 管仲 管仲 [Guan3 Zhong4] /Guan Zhong (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period/known as Guangzi 管子/
+ 管子 管子 [Guan3 zi3] /Guangzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period/Guangzi, classical book/
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