leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 / etc) / aka central leading group
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives / (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives)
千岛湖
Qiān dǎo Hú
Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959
阿卡
A1 kǎ
Acre, city in Israel, also known as Akko
古风
gǔ fēng
old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1]
昙花
tán huā
Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
程咬金
Chéng Yǎo jīn
Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知節|程知节[Cheng2 Zhi1 jie2], Chinese general of the Tang dynasty
板面
bǎn miàn
pan mee, aka banmian, a Hakka noodle soup dish, popular in Malaysia
真武
Zhēn wǔ
Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 / or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝
杨玉环
Yáng Yù huán
Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1] (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1]
狼图腾
Láng Tú téng
Wolf Totem, novel by Lü / Jiamin 呂嘉民|吕嘉民[Lu:3 Jia1 min2] aka Jiang Rong 姜戎[Jiang1 Rong2]
葫芦丝
hú lú sī
hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
鸿海
Hóng hǎi
Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn
酒神
Jiǔ shén
Bacchus (the Greek god of wine), aka Dionysus
茭白
jiāo bái
Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot
狄仁杰
Dí Rén jié
Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4]
淮山
Huái shān
Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya), aka nagaimo
外高加索
Wài Gāo jiā suǒ
Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus
柿子椒
shì zi jiāo
bell pepper, aka sweet pepper
木卫二
mù wèi èr
Europa (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter II
李宇春
Lǐ Yǔ chūn
Li Yuchun aka Chris Lee (1984-), Chinese pop singer
楼兰
Lóu lán
Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊[Luo2 bu4 po1]
木卫四
mù wèi sì
Callisto (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter IV
木卫三
mù wèi sān
Ganymede (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter III
土卫六
tǔ wèi liù
Titan (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn VI
中国人民武装警察部队
Zhōng guó Rén mín Wǔ zhuāng Jǐng chá Bù duì
Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF)
Annamite Range, aka Annamese Cordillera, mountain range forming the border between Vietnam and Laos
项庄舞剑,意在沛公
Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài Pèi Gōng
lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom) / refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[Pei4 gong1] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4] / an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent
Mukden Palace, aka Shenyang Imperial Palace, the main imperial palace during the early years of the Qing dynasty (1625-1644), a secondary palace in subsequent years, now a museum
渐冻人症
jiàn dòng rén zhèng
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), aka motor neurone disease (MND)