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Dé xiān sheng

1 "Mr Democracy", phrase used during the May 4th Movement 五四運動|五四运动[Wǔ sì Yùn dòng]

2 abbr. for 德謨克拉西|德谟克拉西[dé mó kè lā xī]

3 see also: 赛先生 Sài xiān sheng

1 old variant of 體|体[ti3]

1 early demise
2 untimely death

1 Columbia University (abbr.)

1 to induce

玉人吹箫 | 玉人吹簫

yù rén chuī xiāo

1 virtuoso piper wins a beauty
2 the xiao 箫 (mouth organ) virtuoso 萧史 won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公

新闻发布会 | 新聞發布會

xīn wén fā bù huì

1 news conference

奋起直追 | 奮起直追

fèn qǐ zhí zhuī

1 to catch up vigorously
2 to set off in hot pursuit

万年青 | 萬年青

wàn nián qīng

1 Nippon lily (Rohdea japonica)

凤头树燕 | 鳳頭樹燕

fèng tóu shù yàn

1 (bird species of China) crested treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)

深县 | 深縣

1 Shen county in Hebei

1 periodontitis (gum disorder)

够本 | 夠本

1 to break even
2 to get one's money's worth

1 next
2 secondly

测地曲率 | 測地曲率

cè dì qū lǜ

1 geodesic curvature

学然后知不足 | 學然後知不足

xué rán hòu zhī bù zú

1 to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4])

1 (Tw) judges and prosecutors

明日黄花 | 明日黃花

míng rì huáng huā

1 lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom)
2 fig. outdated
3 thing of the past
4 dead letter

1 to set foot on (a foreign land etc)
2 to tread
3 (fig.) to enter (a new sphere)

1 to require
2 to need
3 to want
4 necessity
5 need