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1 Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qín guó], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qín dài] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Yíng Zhèng], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qín Shǐ huáng]

1 Water Margin Sequel, by Chen Chen 陳忱|陈忱[Chen2 Chen2]

1 West lake district (place name)

2 Xihu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang

3 Xihu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi

1 Song dynasty (960-1279)

1 to work

2 to operate

3 to manipulate

1 to show

2 to take out and show to others

3 to display

1 my God!

2 oh boy!

3 man!

1 acne

1 lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom)

2 fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another

1 closing price (of share, commodity etc)

1 red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)

1 bamboo stick used as a toy horse

1 kaleidoscope

1 to learn sth over again

2 to review

3 to brush up

4 to revive (memories, friendship etc)

1 (airplane) black box

1 Eryuan county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Dà lǐ Bái zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan

1 to make sense

2 to have meaning

3 to have significance

4 meaningful

5 significant

6 worthwhile

7 important

8 interesting

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 lively

2 vivacious

3 brisk

4 active

5 (chemistry) reactive