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1 to be limited to

2 to be confined to

1 pool

2 pit

3 ditch

4 cesspit

1 menstruation

2 regular periods

1 to force into service

2 press-gang

1 to dance

2 to float in the wind

1 concubine

1 flag signals (for communicating between ships or army units)

2 semaphore

1 economic situation

1 to select very carefully

1 copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood

2 half alight

3 to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects

1 manually controlled

1 to be born

1 to cough

1 lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)

2 fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him

1 "mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)

1 (feminine name)

2 (star)

1 dull and insipid

1 sun-drenched

1 Vairocana, Buddha of supreme enlightenment