again / once more / re- / second / another / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis)
Legislative Yuan, the legislative branch of government under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
源远流长
yuán yuǎn liú cháng
lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom) / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then
张学良
Zhāng Xué liáng
Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
考试院
Kǎo shì yuàn
Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / exam board
lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances / To live within one's means.
左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom) / fig. to display ambidexterity / to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession / to use both feet equally (football)
迷奸
mí jiān
to drug and then rape sb
三思而行
sān sī ér xíng
think three times then go (idiom) / don't act before you've thought it through carefully
先斩后奏
xiān zhǎn hòu zòu
first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom) / act first, report later
Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord
坐山观虎斗
zuò shān guān hǔ dòu
sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight / watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted (idiom)
赵紫阳
Zhào Zǐ yáng
Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then
监察院
Jiān chá yuàn
Control Yuan, a watchdog under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
适值
shì zhí
just at that time / as it happens / by good luck, just then
张志新
Zhāng Zhì xīn
Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
墨斗
mò dǒu
carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
司法院
Sī fǎ yuàn
Judicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
国家计划委员会
Guó jiā Jì huà Wěi yuán huì
PRC State Planning Committee, set up in 1952, replaced in 1998 by State Development and Planning Committee 國家發展計劃委員會|国家发展计划委员会[Guo2 jia1 Fa1 zhan3 Ji4 hua4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] then in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会[Guo2 jia1 Fa1 zhan3 he2 Gai3 ge2 Wei3 yuan2 hui4]
墨线
mò xiàn
inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
a traditional pastry of Taiwan and Fujian which is fried, then coated with maltose and rolled in sesame seeds or chopped peanuts etc / Taiwan pr. [lao3]
一曝十寒
yī pù shí hán
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. to work for a bit then skimp / sporadic effort / lack of sticking power / short attention span
假途灭虢
jiǎ tú miè Guó
lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom) / fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
吴市吹箫
Wú shì chuī xiāo
to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
吹箫乞食
chuī xiāo qǐ shí
to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
几次三番
jǐ cì sān fān
lit. twice then three times (idiom) / fig. repeatedly / over and over again
王顾左右而言他
wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā
the king looked left and right and then talked of other things / to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)
尽欢而散
jìn huān ér sàn
to disperse after a happy time (idiom) / everyone enjoys themselves to the full then party breaks up
Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / The five courts or 院[yuan4] are 行政院[xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive yuan, 立法院[li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative yuan, 司法院[si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial yuan, 考試院|考试院[kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination yuan, 監察院|监察院[jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control yuan
Tianjun county (Tibetan: then cun rdzong) in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
天峻县
Tiān jùn xiàn
Tianjun county (Tibetan: then cun rdzong) in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传) / one can always trump up a charge against sb / Give a dog a bad name, then hang him. / also written 慾加之罪,何
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