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de of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
腹泻 xiè diarrhea / to have the runs
排班 pái bān to arrange (shifts, runs, classes etc) in order
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[zheng4feng1] and 側鋒|侧锋[ce4feng1]) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things
泄泻 xiè xiè loose bowels / diarrhea / to have the runs
percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the back, across which one runs a drumstick
烛泪 zhú lèi drop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle
狼奔豕突 láng bēn shǐ the wolf runs and the wild boar rushes (idiom); crowds of evil-doers mill around like wild beasts
如蝇逐臭 yíng zhú chòu like flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful / the crowd runs after trash
如蚁附膻 shān like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful / the crowd runs after trash
路冲 chōng (feng shui) street layout in which the line of a road runs toward a house (as at a T-intersection), regarded as unfavorable for the occupants of the house
妈妈桑 ma sāng mama-san, middle-aged woman who runs a brothel, bar etc (loanword from Japanese); madam
脱缰野马 tuō jiāng a wild horse that refuses to be bridled (a metaphor for sth that runs wild)
侧锋 fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at an oblique angle, so that the tip of the brush runs near the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 偏鋒|偏锋[pian1feng1])
末伏 the third of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August
正锋 zhèng fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is kept upright, so that the tip of the brush runs along the center of the stroke (cf. 側鋒|侧锋[ce4feng1] and 偏鋒|偏锋[pian1feng1])
血脉偾张 xuè mài - fèn zhāng lit. blood vessels swell wide (idiom) / fig. one's blood runs quicker; to be excited


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