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1 Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀|纪昀[Ji4 Yun2], novel of the supernatural

2 The Thatched Study of Close Scrutiny

1 naked

2 bare

1 the analytic method

2 analytic reasoning

1 Lee Lai-Shan (1970-), former windsurfing world champion from Hong Kong

1 Xitun District of Taichung, Taiwan

1 sudden unannounced investigation

2 on-the-spot inspection

3 to search without notification

1 refined and courteous

2 urbane

1 Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若|王钦若 and Yang Yi 楊億|杨亿, 1000 scrolls

1 to work hard while accomplishing little

2 to toil to no avail

1 to cut across

2 a horizontal cut

1 half-period of a wave motion

2 alternation

1 reductio ad absurdum

1 Lishui prefecture, Zhejiang

1 reserved

2 overcautious

1 the Nirvana sutra: every living thing has Buddha nature.

1 to grade exam papers

1 (of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc