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1 Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian writer, prominent Soviet dissident, author of the Gulag Archipelago

1 History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik 金富軾|金富轼[Jīn Fù shì] in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽[Gāo gōu lí], Baekje 百濟|百济[Bǎi jì], Silla 新羅|新罗[Xīn luó].

1 water pistol (toy)

2 water gun

3 sprinkler

4 water cannon

1 brewing industry

2 wine industry

1 food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom)

2 the cost of living is very high

1 in ancient times

2 in olden days

1 lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom)

2 fig. trivial (matter)

1 lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy

2 a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back

1 Takeda (Japanese surname)

1 flatter

2 charm

1 Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

1 to bury husband and wife together

2 joint interment

1 to play with others and offend morals

2 wicked

1 vector

1 kitchen implements

1 Xinshao county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[Shao4 yang2], Hunan

1 consumer price index CPI

1 to read extensively

1 lower Cambrian series (geological strata from approx 530 million years ago)

1 ugly expression

2 unsightly manners