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model; example (for people to follow); (in reference to a person) role model
HSK 7-9
to ripple / to undulate / also written 蕩漾|荡漾
HSK 7-9
to ripple / to undulate
HSK 7-9
to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash
HSK 7-9
vast body of water / CL:
HSK 7-9
bubbling and gurgling / hubbubing / abuzz
HSK 7-9
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
HSK 7-9
radiant with joy
HSK 7-9
presentable / decent / up to par
HSK 7-9
variant of 得意洋洋
HSK 7-9
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom) / proud / complacent
(bird species of China) water rail (Rallus aquaticus)
scenic area near Xiangyang 襄陽|襄阳 in Hubei, known as the secluded mountainous location where Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 lived as a young man
(idiom) to feel a strong urge (to do sth)
lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom) / fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
sunflower
(TCM) to build up one's kidney yang; to boost male sex drive
hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) solution
full of joy (idiom); jubilation
to itch / to tickle
Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter
to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment; to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild
all kinds
Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国, whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝
grand / magnificent / vast
Shuangyang district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
elated / high-spirited / uplifting (music)
warm and cozy; comfortably warm
joyfully satisfied / to be immensely proud of oneself / proudly / an air of complacency
to wander about unhurriedly; to linger; to loiter
solemn / presentable / decent / Taiwan pr. [xiang4 mo2 xiang4 yang4]
(of prices etc) to rise
having high fighting spirit
to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom) / to hide one's light under a bushel
voluminous / flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)
lazily
Mongolian gazelle / Procapra gutturosa
(idiom) infamous pirate; (by extension) notorious bandit or robber
(idiom) (of leaves etc) fluttering about
sore; skin ulcer
not the same; different
lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument
variant of 徜徉
seriously ill / in fragile health
sheep husbandry
(literary) to roam about; to wander
Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学
Xiangyang, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省
antioxidant
to tickle
Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國|秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination
to take home sb else's stray sheep
Jiangyang district of Luzhou city 瀘州市|泸州市, Sichuan
Laohekou, county-level city in Xiangyang 襄陽市|襄阳市, Hubei
Japanese-style fried food, usually chicken (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 唐揚げ "karaage")
Guangyang district of Langfang city 廊坊市, Hebei
Dangyang, county-level city in Yichang 宜昌市, Hubei
Zhangyang county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
imitation parchment
lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position
Xiangyang district of Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯, Heilongjiang
abbr. for Wang Bo 王勃, Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯, Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻, and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王, the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang
quietly / without ostentation
variant of 像樣|像样
two distinct things
shepherd / shepherd boy
lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument
to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
to feign ignorance
upward trend; tendency to increase
in no shape to be seen / unpresentable / beyond recognition
Zhangyang county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
Xiangyang district of Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯, Heilongjiang / Xiangyang district of Hegang city 鶴崗|鹤岗, Heilongjiang
facing the sun / exposed to the sun
Atlantic mid-ocean ridge
Guangyang district of Langfang city 廊坊市, Hebei
to tend a flock of sheep / to let sheep out to pasture / fig. to throw off the reins / to leave sb alone / acting freely and irresponsibly
(literary) to gaze into the air
Happy sheep (group of five cartoon sheep), mascot of 2010 Guangzhou Asian games 廣州亞運會|广州亚运会
vast / impressive / self-satisfied / immensely pleased with oneself
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom) / proud / complacent
son of a bitch
backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)
scrapie (prion disease of sheep)
affectation
free-range (breeding livestock or poultry)
Changyang Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei
Changyang Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei (abbr. for 長陽土家族自治縣|长阳土家族自治县)
Shuangyang district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
dissatisfied; displeased; aggrieved


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