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(pron) everyone / Ladies and Gentlemen / Sirs
HSK 6
(used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of
HSK 7-9
things like this (idiom); and so on / and the rest / etc
HSK 7-9
Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind
(various things) such as / such as (the following)
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surname Zhu
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all / various
to apply to / to put into (practice etc) / to put to (a test, a vote etc)
two-character surname Zhuge / Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2]
to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom); shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts
Zhuji, county-level city in Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴, Zhejiang
the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC)
dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
Imperial scholar from the Ming Dynasty onwards
Massachusetts, US state
Zhucheng, county-level city in Weifang 濰坊|潍坊, Shandong
to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else
to appeal (to reason, sentiment, charity etc) / to resort to (a course of action)
Zhucheng, county-level city in Weifang 濰坊|潍坊, Shandong
wasted effort
(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals
various / all kinds
Zhuji, county-level city in Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴, Zhejiang
to put into practice / to carry out (idiom)
gentlemen (form of address)
various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism represented by Confucius 孔子 and Mencius 孟子, Daoism by Laozi 老子 and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子, Mohism by Mozi 墨子, Legalism by Sunzi 孫子|孙子 and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子, and numerous others
Gentlemen! (start of a speech) / Ladies and Gentlemen!
various / many different kinds of
lit. place on a high shelf / to pay no attention to (idiom)
the appearance of all things (Buddhism)
to announce to the world (idiom) / to make public / to let everyone know
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
British Isles
person who is wise after the event
Ryukyu Islands / Okinawa 沖繩|冲绳 and other islands of modern Japan
(literary) to appear in (newspapers, the media, a book etc)
to translate sth into action / to put sth into action
to appeal to the public
everything / every matter
vassal state
everything
various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism represented by Confucius 孔子 and Mencius 孟子, Daoism by Laozi 老子 and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子, Mohism by Mozi 墨子, Legalism by Sunzi 孫子|孙子 and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子, and numerous others
Mt Zhuguang between Jiangxi and Hunan
sugarcane
Massachusetts, US state


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