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1 an elegy

2 elegiac words

1 giant stone arrangement

2 Stonehenge

1 distortion

2 aberration

1 A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.

1 reception office

2 janitor's office

1 Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)

1 Deng Tong (2nd c. BC), one of the wealthiest Former Han Dynasty 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4] officials

1 nothing is impossible

2 there's nothing impossible about it

1 dragonfly

1 The north wind is icy cold.

1 to misappropriate (public funds etc)

2 to embezzle

1 old variant of 頸|颈[jing3]

1 to go out somewhere (relatively short trip)

2 to set off on a journey (longer trip)

1 (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wǔ zàng], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)

1 warehouse

2 storehouse

3 inn

1 soul

2 spirit

3 immortal soul, i.e. that can be detached from the body

1 gas (i.e. gaseous substance)

1 (of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti

2 to pose as a culture lover

3 to be a culture snob

4 having pretensions to culture

1 hollow ball

2 (basketball) swish shot

1 motor (loanword)

2 motorbike