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1 selective listening

2 to hear what one wants to hear

1 the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930

2 abbr. for 中國左翼作家聯盟|中国左翼作家联盟[Zhōng guó Zuǒ yì Zuò jiā Lián méng]

1 (TCM) to rectify 氣|气[qì]

1 very serious

2 grave

3 profound

1 hundreds and thousands of mountains

1 Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)

1 Thun, Switzerland

1 tarragon

1 the sidereal year (astronomy)

2 the year defined in terms of the fixed stars

1 saturated fatty acid (SFA)

1 poison

1 the Far East

2 East Asia

1 Trojan horse (type of computer virus)

1 good and bad luck (in astrology)

1 scalpel

1 person who joins with others to reduce costs (carpooling, group buying, sharing an apartment etc)

1 bracelet

1 impressionism

1 to send a message

1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success