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无中生有 | 無中生有

wú zhōng shēng yǒu

1 to create something from nothing (idiom)

鸱枭 | 鴟梟

1 variant: 鸱鸮 chī xiāo

1 Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters)

2 classifier: 本 běn

茶胸斑啄木鸟 | 茶胸斑啄木鳥

chá xiōng bān zhuó mù niǎo

1 (bird species of China) fulvous-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei)

2 classifier: 匹 pǐ
3 classifier: 只 zhī
4 classifier: 条 tiáo

1 end of the year

1 inflammation of membrane
2 membranitis

如法炮制 | 如法炮製

rú fǎ páo zhì

1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
2 fig. to follow a set pattern

qiè zhòng yào hài

1 to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
2 fig. to hit where it hurts
3 fig. to hit home
4 an argument that hits the nail on the head

国家发展改革委 | 國家發展改革委

Guó jiā Fā zhǎn Gǎi gé Wěi

1 PRC National Development and Reform Commission

莱佛士 | 萊佛士

1 Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British statesman and founder of the city of Singapore
2 surname Raffles

1 to enjoy

电车 | 電車

2 classifier: 辆 liàng

1 to grow the intellect
2 Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine)

1 to sleep soundly

chuāng bō lí

1 window pane

1 plowed earth
2 moist soil

发动力 | 發動力

1 motive power

脉案 | 脈案

1 medical record

生产自救 | 生產自救

shēng chǎn zì jiù

1 self-help (idiom)