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1 (political) achievements

2 track record

1 to invade China (referring to 19th century imperialist powers and Japan)

1 the practice of favoring sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative

2 (by extension) culture of favoritism towards relatives, friends and associates

1 tunnel

2 underground passage

1 "three public expenditures" of the PRC government, i.e. air travel, food and entertainment, and public vehicles

1 second-hand book

2 old book

3 ancient book

1 to instruct sb personally

1 twice

2 for a little while

1 lucky

2 giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

1 lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it

2 fig. to misinterpret the original meaning

3 to pile up errors

4 refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise"

1 to copy

2 to imitate

1 to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously

2 also written 抱頭鼠竄|抱头鼠窜

1 Dadukou district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

1 sect

1 chemical weapon

2 abbr. for 化學武器|化学武器[huà xué wǔ qì]

1 outer skin

2 carapace

1 surname Wei

1 boiled water

2 boiling water

1 Yulong Naxi autonomous county in Lijiang 麗江|丽江[Li4 jiang1], Yunnan