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 lìng jiàn cf. / see also
 lòu diàn to leak electricity / (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest (by being solicitous etc) / cf. 放電|放电[fang4 dian4]
 xiǎo zào mess hall for high-ranking cadres / (fig.) special treatment / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4]
 bǎi nián shù rén It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom) / fig. a good education program takes a long time to develop / cf. 十年樹木,百年樹人|十年树木,百年树人
 guò jiē lǎo shǔ sb or sth detested by all / target of scorn / anathema / cf. 老鼠過街,人人喊打|老鼠过街,人人喊打[lao3 shu3 guo4 jie1 , ren2 ren2 han3 da3]
 lǐ bēng yuè huài rites and music are in ruins (idiom) / fig. society in total disarray / cf. 禮樂|礼乐[li3 yue4]
 ōu zhōu cháng guī wǔ zhuāng lì liàng tiáo Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe / CFE Treaty
 fēi zhōu fǎ láng CFA franc
 hán lu:4 fú tīng zhì lěng jì chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant / CFC refrigerant
 fēi zhōu fǎ láng qū CFA Franc Zone
  non-fully halogenated CFC / partially halogenated CFC
  CFE Joint Consultative Group
 zhōng zào mess hall for mid-level cadres / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4]
 hǎi dài student who has returned from overseas but is yet to find a job (pun on 海帶|海带[hai3 dai4]) / cf. 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1]
便 tǔ biàn dāng (slang) (of a character) to reappear in a story line after having been supposedly killed off / cf. 領盒飯|领盒饭[ling3 he2 fan4]
 gǎo tou (coll.) likelihood of being worthwhile / cf. 有搞頭|有搞头[you3 gao3 tou5] and 沒搞頭|没搞头[mei2 gao3 tou5]
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