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1 Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk

1 (bird species of China) Nordmann's greenshank (Tringa guttifer)

1 to dot in the eyes

2 fig. to add finishing touch

3 abbr. for idiom 畫龍點睛|画龙点睛, to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes

4 the crucial point that brings the subject to life

1 to enquire solicitously about sb's well-being (idiom)

2 to pamper

1 as yet unprocessed

1 Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子[Huai2 nan2 zi5]

1 butler

2 majordomo

3 housekeeper

1 Kingdom Plantae (biology)

1 to assume a fighting stance

2 (fig.) to take the offensive

1 muzzle (device)

1 to abandon restraint

2 to do as one pleases

3 comfortable (dialect)

1 to chatter

2 to babble

1 (a kind of jade)

1 (winner's) podium

1 Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972

1 dumpling skin

2 piecrust

1 learned person

2 expert in a certain field

3 abbr. for 大方之家[dà fāng zhī jiā]

1 source code (computing)