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1 a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb)

2 (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)

1 million

2 millions

1 student union

1 jadeite

1 serious crime

2 felony

1 oriole

2 black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

1 neck

1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)

2 fig. enchanting scenery

1 to hope

2 to expect

3 expectation(s)

1 two-syllable word featuring alliteration or rhyme, such as 玲瓏|玲珑[ling2 long2]

1 willow warbler

2 leaf warbler

1 an air vent

2 a ventilation shaft

1 to listen to information

2 to get the news

3 to believe what one hears

1 (bird species of China) green-crowned warbler (Seicercus burkii)

1 lit. to let the tiger return to the mountain; fig. to store up future calamities

1 credit side (of a balance sheet), as opposed to 收方[shōu fāng]

1 man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature

1 to bore a hole

2 to give a forced interpretation

1 hawking

2 street vending