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點描法 = Pointillism

Both the English and Chinese terms are new to me. I understood the English term instantly because I had seen such paintings (thus I could have seen this term before). I had to look up the Chinese term, though.

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玉衣 = jade burial suit

不朽 = immortality, incorruptibility (a bit more 文雅 than the phrase I grew up with, 长生不老, although depending on your beliefs there is a difference)

From the new exhibition in my area.

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可跑放養雞 -- free range chicken

[seen on a sign near Chengdu -- I assume this is the meaning from the context]

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从实招来

My mother says this sometimes and I couldn't find the full phrase in my standard dictionaries. Apparently it's an established expression, though:

水浒传》第二六回:“你把我的哥哥性命,怎地谋害了,从实招了,我便饶你。”《红楼梦》第九四回:“还是 李紈 探春 从实的告诉了 王夫人 一遍。” 许地山 《凶手》第二幕:“你与我从实招来,若有一句谎言,难免受刑。”

I know the individual meanings of 从实 (truthfully) and 招 (confess), so could guess the meaning of the phrase (if it weren't obvious from context anyway), but couldn't find a definition of the complete phrase in Zdic or Nciku. I finally found it in the TW MOE dictionary:

奉命做原原本本、詳實的陳述。初刻拍案驚奇˙卷二十六:「上天對我說道:『殺井家婦人杜氏的,是這個大覺。』快從實招來。」老殘遊記˙第十八回:「從實招來,是誰教你誣告的。」
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I plan to buy an electric fan, so I googled the term 風扇. These interesting terms then turned up -

無葉風扇 = Dyson's air multiplier

山寨無葉風扇 = unauthorised copies of Dyson's air multiplier

大廈扇 / 直立扇 = tower fan

座地扇 = pedestal fan

座檯扇 = desk fan

鴻運扇 = box fan

掛牆扇 = wall fan

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炆 = to stew over a gentle flame (文火)

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苦肉计 - the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence.

I was listening to an interesting discussion on the radio about what counts as 苦肉计.

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And there are also 空城計 and 走爲上計. :mrgreen:

You can find all the 36 strategies (三十六計) in English and Chinese here (this is a .gov.tw website).

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