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simvastatin
painstakingly / with great trouble
hardships / arduous / difficult
HSK 7-9
to make nothing of hardships
exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s)
HSK 5
pungent (taste) / bitter / fig. sad / miserable
HSK 7-9
Auschwitz (concentration camp)
to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship / to bear one's cross
Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), Austrian-born American bodybuilder, actor and politician
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
Henry Kissinger (1923–2023), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973–1977
to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations / with difficulty / after some effort
Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising
misery
hardworking; industrious
HSK 7-9
(adjective) non-Buddhist vegetarian (allowing strong-smelling vegetables like garlic and onions)
benactyzine
to make industrious and diligent efforts (idiom)
Simpson (name)
Chea Sim, president of Cambodian National Assembly
twenty-eighth year H4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2011 or 2071
forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031 / cf 辛亥革命, Xinhai Revolution of 1911
Auschwitz (concentration camp)
dioxin, carcinogenic heterocyclic hydrocarbon (esp. Taiwan usage)
Jean Racine (1639-1699), French dramatist
eighteenth year H6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2001 or 2061
(name) Singh
The Simpsons (US TV series)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011 / also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格
very pungent and spicy vegetable dishes (a common Buddhist term)
laborious
spicy hot (taste) / fig. biting (criticism)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
Lixin, a county in Bozhou City 亳州市, Anhui
(loanword) pentazocine (a synthetic opioid analgesic)
eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051
Lansing, capital of Michigan
Emperor Xin, last ruler of Shang (11th Century BC), famous as a tyrant
Maxine (name)
Helsinki (Swedish Helsingfors), capital of Finland
thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021 / cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising
(loanword) syndicate
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surname Xin
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(of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa
Zimbabwe (Tw)
Funcinpec (royalist Cambodian political party)
San Jacinto
(loanword) kimchi
Xinji, a county-level city in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市, Hebei
bitter hardship / to bear one's cross
fifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041
Wisconsin
(idiom) to have suffered all kinds of hardships
Auschwitz concentration camp
Thimphu, capital of Bhutan (Tw)
Shin Bet (Israel national security service)
one of the five legendary emperors, also called 嚳|喾
behind-the-scenes story / details known only to insiders
octane rating
Manchurian wild ginger (family Asarum)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Zhou Xin (c. 11th century BC), last king of the Shang dynasty


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