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1 (bird species of China) collared babbler (Gampsorhynchus torquatus)

1 humane

2 kernel

1 microscopic slide

1 Treaty of Nanjing (1842) that concluded the First Opium War between Qing China and Britain

1 as if gaining the most precious treasure

1 Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin

1 cephalopod

2 Cephalopoda, class of mollusks including nautilus and squid

1 Internet connection

1 unyielding character

2 courageous spirit

3 integrity

4 moral backbone

1 at the helm of state

2 political power

3 regime

1 Maitreya

2 the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha

1 hole due to dental caries

1 silk ribbon

2 silk braid

1 Parnell (name)

2 Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), Irish nationalist politician

1 lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)

2 fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality

1 Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chūn qiū], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuǒ Qiū míng]

1 space probe

1 Mi Fu (1051-1107), Song poet and calligrapher

1 to baffle

2 to stump

1 crystal