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| | Kang Guangren (1867-1898), younger brother of Kang Youwei 康有為|康有为 and one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
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| | a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb) | |
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| | hypocrite | |
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| | upright gentleman / man of honor | |
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| | a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom) | |
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| | a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist | |
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| | refined gentleman | |
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| | friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) | |
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| | scarlet kafir lily / Clivia miniata (botany) | |
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| | good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked | |
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| | one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom) | |
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| | people of good will (idiom); charitable person | |
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| | Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
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| | virtuous gentleman (idiom) | |
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| | lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom) / fig. revenge is a dish best served cold | |
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| | lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief | |
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| | Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
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| | Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
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| | addict (esp. a heavy smoker or drug addict, often jocular or disparaging) | |
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| | a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) | |
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| | the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同, Lin Xu 林旭, Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀, Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第, Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁 and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐 | |
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| | lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen | |
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| | (literary) hermit sage / heavy smoker; drug addict (pun involving the homophonous 癮君子|瘾君子) | |
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| | to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom) | |
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| | Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 / Yang Rui (1963-), host of "Dialogue" on CCTV News | |
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| | Yang Shenxiu (1849-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
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