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| Processed by: | miles (2008-08-07 13:42:12 UTC) |
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+ 包公 包公 [Bao1 gong1] /cf Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official famous as honest politician/ + 包青天 包青天 [Bao1 qing1 tian1] /popular nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official famous as honest politician/ + 海青天 海青天 [Hai3 qing1 tian1] /popular nickname of Hai Rui 海瑞[Hai3 Rui4] (1514-1587), Ming politician, famous for honesty and integrity/ + 以夷制夷 以夷制夷 [yi3 yi2 zhi4 yi2] /to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (成语 saw); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)/To use western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment (late Qing modernizing slogan)./ + 祖傳 祖传 [zu3 chuan2] /passed on from ancestors/handed down from generation to generation/ + 苦肉計 苦肉计 [ku3 rou4 ji4] /ruse of self-injury (to have oneself beaten or tortured as a deception to win the confidence of the enemy)/ + 苦參 苦参 [ku3 shen1] /liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in traditional Chinese medicine/ + 苦事 苦事 [ku3 shi4] /hard job/arduous task/ + 苦水 苦水 [ku3 shui3] /bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates)/suffering/digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth/fig. bitter complaint/ + 吐苦水 吐苦水 [tu3 ku3 shui3] /to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth/fig. to complain bitterly/to pour out one's sufferings/ + 苦思 苦思 [ku3 si1] /to think hard/bitter thoughts/to pour out one's sufferings/ - 費盡心機 费尽心机 [fei4 jin4 xin1 ji1] /(set phrase)/to rack one's brains (in scheming)/to use all one's mental energies/ + 費盡心機 费尽心机 [fei4 jin4 xin1 ji1] /to rack one's brains in scheming (成语 saw); to use all one's mental energies/ + 苦思冥想 苦思冥想 [ku3 si1 ming2 xiang3] /to consider from all angles (成语 saw); to think hard/to rack one's brains/ - 冥思苦想 冥思苦想 [ming2 si1 ku3 xiang3] /to consider from all angles (成语 saw); to thing through a problem/to ponder/ + 冥思苦想 冥思苦想 [ming2 si1 ku3 xiang3] /to consider from all angles (成语 saw); to think hard/to rack one's brains/ + 勞心苦思 劳心苦思 [lao2 xin1 ku3 si1] /to rack one's brains/to think hard/ + 苦痛 苦痛 [ku3 tong4] /pain/suffering/ + 苦行贖罪 苦行赎罪 [ku3 xing2 shu2 zui4] /penance (to atone for a sin)/ + 苦刑 苦刑 [ku3 xing2] /torture/corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation)/ + 苦役 苦役 [ku3 yi4] /forced labor/corvée/penal servitude/ + 苦因 苦因 [ku3 yin1] /affliction/ - 失望 失望 [shi1 wang4] /be disappointed/to lose hope/to despair/ + 失望 失望 [shi1 wang4] /disappointed/to lose hope/to despair/ |