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1 Aba, southeast Nigerian city

2 Aba, the Lisu 傈僳 word for grandfather

1 a short-barreled mortar

2 an ancient catapult

1 northern side

2 north

1 to lure

2 to entice

1 Jinyuan district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 shi4], Shanxi

1 trunk

2 boot (of a car)

1 kneecap

1 (literary) to tremble with fear

2 to shock

1 to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2]

2 word for Western natural sciences during late Qing

1 Zhaotong prefecture level city in Yunnan

1 as weighty as Mt Tai, as brilliant as the Big Dipper (idiom); a giant among men

1 low gear

2 bottom gear

1 iris

2 Iris tectorum

1 to make monthly payments

2 monthly payment

1 water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here

2 (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency

1 central building (in a traditional house)

2 primary wife

1 dishonest practices

1 transient

1 to have a tete-à-tete

2 to whisper to each other