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| 未然 | wèi rán | in advance / before it happens (cf preventative measures) / forestalling |
| 甲方 | jiǎ fāng | party A (in a contract) (cf. 乙方[yi3 fang1], party B) |
| 五四 | wǔ sì | 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 |
| 三次元 | sān cì yuán | three-dimensional / the real world (cf. 二次元[er4 ci4 yuan2]) |
| 宁静致远 | níng jìng zhì yuǎn | tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study / cf Still waters run deep. |
| 参见 | cān jiàn | to refer to / see also / compare (cf.) / to pay respect to |
| 乙方 | yǐ fāng | party B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方[jia3 fang1], party A) |
| 江湖 | jiāng hú | rivers and lakes / all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde / (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld |
| 花朝月夕 | huā zhāo yuè xī | a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August |
| 正驾驶 | zhèng jià shǐ | pilot-in-command; captain (cf. 副駕駛|副驾驶[fu4 jia4 shi3], copilot) |
| 任重道远 | rèn zhòng dào yuǎn | a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) |
| 抱佛脚 | bào fó jiǎo | (fig.) to scramble to make up for a lack of preparation; to make a frantic, last-ditch effort; to cram for an exam (cf. 平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳|平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚[ping2 shi2 bu4 shao1 xiang1 , lin2 shi2 bao4 fo2 jiao3]) |
| 神探 | shén tàn | master sleuth / lit. miraculous detective / cf Sherlock Holmes 福爾摩斯|福尔摩斯[Fu2 er3 mo2 si1] or Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2] |
| 晨昏定省 | chén hūn dìng xǐng | morning and evening visits to parents / cf 昏定晨省[hun1 ding4 chen2 xing3] |
| 整风 | zhěng fēng | Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan / cf Rectification campaign 整風運動|整风运动, army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957 |
| 偏锋 | piān fēng | (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4 feng1] and 側鋒|侧锋[ce4 feng1]) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things |
| 杏林 | xìng lín | forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉[Dong3 Feng4], 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees) |
| 旗 | qí | banner / flag / (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2]) / administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county / CL:面[mian4] |
| 礼崩乐坏 | lǐ bēng yuè huài | rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray / cf. 禮樂|礼乐[li3 yue4] |
| 招财 | zhāo cái | lit. inviting wealth / We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝[zhao1 cai2 jin4 bao3]) |
| 漏电 | lòu diàn | to leak electricity / (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest (by being solicitous etc) / cf. 放電|放电[fang4 dian4] |
| 过街老鼠 | guò jiē lǎo shǔ | sb or sth detested by all / target of scorn / anathema / cf. 老鼠過街，人人喊打|老鼠过街，人人喊打[lao3 shu3 guo4 jie1 , ren2 ren2 han3 da3] |
| 假声 | jiǎ shēng | falsetto (cf. 真聲|真声[zhen1 sheng1], natural or modal voice) |
| 杯酒释兵权 | bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán | to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces |
| 纸上谈兵 | zhǐ shàng tán bīng | lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC |