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1 magic wand

1 abstruse

2 complicated

1 ten thousand strings of cash

2 very wealthy

3 millionaire

1 to cover up (a matter that should be reported to the authorities)

1 lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful

2 social climbing

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

1 an air vent

2 a ventilation shaft

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 half of the day

2 a long time

3 quite a while

1 name of the flag of the People's Republic of China

1 to annihilate

2 to exterminate

3 extinction

1 quietly

2 secretly

1 open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret

2 taking information from all sides

1 indescribable (joy)

2 inexpressible (pleasure)

1 imperial physician

1 meat dishes

2 mixed viands

1 case (linguistics)

1 overtones in conversation

2 things indirectly implied from what is said