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| | (fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 漢｜汉 | |
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| | (literary) primordial chaos (mythological void state preceding the creation of the universe) | |
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| | (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides) | |
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| | swan goose / (fig.) letter; message | |
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| | swan / person with noble aspirations | |
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| | Bochum (city in Germany) | |
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| | lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴｜鸿门宴 in 206 BC) / fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent | |
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| | lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims / starving people fill the land | |
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| | graceful (esp. of female posture) / lithe | |
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| | a goose's footprint in the snow / vestiges of the past (idiom) / the fleeting nature of human life (idiom) | |
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| | incoming letter (literary) | |
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| | Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn | |
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| | Nahum | |
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| | Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian man of letters, highly regarded for his literary works written mostly in English, and known for his monarchist views | |
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| | Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher | |
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| | lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move | |
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| | history of the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 by Cui Hong 崔鴻｜崔鸿, written towards the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏, 100 scrolls | |
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| | Grand Herald in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | Tianjin agreement of 1885 between Li Hongzhang 李鴻章｜李鸿章 and ITŌ Hirobumi 伊藤博文 to pull Qing and Japanese troops out of Korea | |
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| | Cui Hong, historian at the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 | |
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| | Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat | |
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| | chop suey (American Chinese dish) | |
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| | as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death) | |
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| | lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? | |
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| | lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? | |
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| | light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant | |
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| | letter from afar (literary) | |
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| | Book of Nahum | |
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| | lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公 and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴｜鸿门宴 / an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent | |
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| | important large scale project | |
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| | lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another | |
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| | light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another | |
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| | (archaic) office in charge of ceremony and protocol | |
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| | Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦｜刘邦 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽｜项羽 | |
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| | Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master | |
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