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1 if it's plowing ask the laborer, if it's weaving ask the maid (idiom); when managing a matter, consult the appropriate specialist

1 to hit

2 to thrust

1 public execution (old)

1 Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921

1 to cross the ocean

1 (bank, computer etc) account

1 consumables

2 to consume raw materials

1 to exist side by side

2 to exist simultaneously

1 station employee

2 railway clerk

1 mouth

2 beak

3 spout

4 mouthpiece

1 (jocularly) anorexic girl

2 a bag of bones

1 old variant of 姊[zi3]

1 pouring with rain

2 rain bucketing down

1 "shikumen" style architecture: traditional (ca. 19th century) residences with courtyards, once common in Shanghai

1 time capsule (Tw)

1 partly released from productive labor

2 partly released from one's regular work

1 corner bracket (for securing the corner of a picture frame etc)

2 brad

1 abbr. for 國家安全局|国家安全局[Guo2 jia1 An1 quan2 ju2]

1 (old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession

2 (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises

3 booster

1 lit. When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through. (idiom)

2 fig. Everything will turn out for the best.

3 Let's worry about it when it happens.

4 It will be all right on the night.

5 cf couplet 車到山前必有路，船到橋頭自然直|车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直