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1 rent-seeking (economics)

1 to write a letter (to the authorities)

2 to present a petition

1 cannot stand by idly and watch

2 unable to put up with it any longer

1 official gatekeeper

2 goalkeeper (soccer, hockey etc)

1 lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom)

2 fig. to make indirect criticisms

1 itself

1 fence

2 hedge

1 to excommunicate (from a church)

1 pickaxe

1 refined activities of the intellectuals (regarding literature, paintings etc)

1 spangle

1 shredded ginger

1 Talleyrand (name)

2 Prince Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), French diplomat

1 Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago)

2 also written 二疊紀|二叠纪

1 old variant of 籀[zhou4]

1 to exchange fire

1 to place an order

2 to book ahead

1 to take risks

2 to take chances

3 foray

4 adventure

1 male adulterer

1 Chinese anise

2 star anise