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1 stone pit

2 quarry

1 mare

2 female horse

1 Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (810-859), reign name of seventeenth Tang emperor Li Chen 李忱[Lǐ Chén], reigned 846-859

1 preferably

2 one would prefer to...(or not to...)

3 would rather

4 (would) be better to

5 (to pick) the lesser of two evils

1 to have fed one's conscience to the dogs (idiom)

2 devoid of conscience

1 fine and loose cloth

2 tassel

1 high position

2 eminent status

3 top job

4 raised position

5 upper (limbs)

6 a high (i.e. local maximum)

7 high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc

1 minor (old usage, person under 20)

1 to flatter obsequiously

2 toady

1 the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]

1 model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution)

1 pharmacology

1 motor vehicle

1 water hyacinth

1 Nuclear Weapon Institute in Beijing

1 president of the association

1 "seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26)

1 adult male

1 sesame paste

1 world wide web

2 WWW