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940
     1. Prunus mume (Chinese plum or Japanese apricot)méi
           話梅 - li hing mui
           烏梅 - smoked plum
     2. (in compounds) A plant sharing similarities with Prunus mume in habit, flowers or fruits
           蠟梅 - Chimonanthus praecox
           茶梅 - Camellia sasanqua
           楊梅 - Myrica rubra
941
     1. (dialectal) to defecate or urinate; to excreteē
     2. (dialectal) to have diarrhea
            次次 雪糕 。 - He has diarrhea every time he eats ice cream.
942 不懂
     1. v. to not understand不dǒng
           不懂 浪漫 - to not understand romance; to be unromantic
     2. v. (as a verbal complement) unable to comprehend (when seeing, hearing, etc.); cannot
           看不懂 - can't read (and understand); can't understand (what's written)
           聽不懂 - can't understand (what's being said)
943
     1. ticket; couponpiào
            單程 還是 往返 ? - Do you want a single or a return ticket?
     2. ballot; voting slip; vote
            ^ 先生 。 - I gave my vote to Mr. Wang.
     3. bank note; bill
     4. person held for ransom; hostage
     5. (Chinese opera) amateur performance of Chinese opera
944
     1. straight; erecttǐng
           筆挺 - straight; erect
     2. to stick out; to straighten up
            胸膛 - to proudly put one's chest out
           ting5 -
     3. to endure; to stand
            不住 。 - I can no longer endure this.
945
     1. to differentiate; to discriminatepàn
     2. to judge
     3. to sentence
     4. obvious
946
     1. night
            - short days and long nights -
     2. (Cantonese) late (in the night)
            ni1 晚晚 返屋企kei2。 - Recently, I've been going home quite late in the night.
            。 - I can leave later in the evening.
            (sān tiān liǎng yè) - three days and two nights
     3. (Cantonese) night shift; night work
947
     1. to decorate; to embellishxiū
     2. to repair; to mend
     3. to build; to construct
            鐵路 - to build a railway -
     4. to revise; to write; to compile
     5. (education) to study; to cultivate; to take a course
     6. (obsolete) tall; slim; long
948 要求
     1. v. to ask; to request; to require; to demand; to claimyāoqiú
           yāo 退款 - to request a refund
           強烈 yāo - to demand; to urge
           yāo 某人 某事 - to ask somebody to do something
            yāo 他們 。 - She asked them to make an exception for her.
            工作 yāo 全國 四處 。 - His work required him to move about the country.
           現在 師生 聯名 寫信 yāo 取消 老師 教授 資格。 - Many teachers and students are now jointly writing to demand the cancellation of the teacher’s professor eligibility.
949
     1. Simplified form of 貨
950
     1. streetjiē
           街景 - street scene
           地下街 - underground street
     2. market; fair
     3. Short for 街道, subdistrict
           新港 ^ - Xingang Subdistrict
     4. (Hong Kong Cantonese) block (distance between streets in a grid pattern)
951 不可
     1. v. (auxiliary) cannot不kě
           不可 替代 - to be irreplaceable
           有權 不可 任性。 - Those who have power cannot be wilful. (Power is not to be used arbitrarily.)
     2. v. should not; must not
            不可。 - You must go.
     3. usage. In the sense should not, tr=fēi...bùkě, meaning must.
952
     1. Simplified form of 湯
953
     1. schedule; agenda; orderchéng
     2. stage of a journey
     3. journey; trip; distance travelled
     4. procedure; process; course
            ^ - Cheng Yi (Song dynasty philosopher)
954
     1. eight
     2. many; numerous
     3. (printing) pearl (the smallest size of usual type, standardized as 5 point)
     4. Short for 八卦
     5.    to gossip (about); to stick one's nose in
     6.    (Cantonese) nosey; meddling
     7.   八婆 - nosey parker; meddling woman
955 政府
     1. n. governmentzhèngfǔ
           政府 債券 - government bond
           政府 意志 - government will
           政府 關門 - government shutdown
           政府 部門 - branch of government
            當選 政府 - newly-elected government
           減少shǎo 政府 過度 監管 - to reduce excessive government regulations
956 每天
     1. adv. every day; dailyměitiān
            每天 地鐵 上班。 - I take the subway to work every day.
            每天 怎麼 這麼 準時 。 - How can you be so punctual every day?
           每天 。 - One glass of booze every day will make you live till you’re 99. (rhyme)
957
     1. Simplified form of 試
958
     1. Simplified form of 識
     2. Simplified form of 䛊
959
     1. Variant of 火
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