一窝蜜蜂 a swarm of bees
一窝小鸡 a flock of chickens
一窝幼犬 a litter of puppies
一群美女 a group of belles
一群猎狗 a pack of hounds
一群鸭 a school of ducks
一群羚羊 a herd of gazelles
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积极支持 support actively
积极的财政政策 active financial policies
积极利用国外资源 utilize resources overseas actively

打电话 call in
打的 call for cab/taxi
打毛衣 weaving cotton cloth
打水 fetch boiling water from tap
打篮球 play basketball
打农药 spray agriculture chemical

基本工资 basic wages
基本建设 fundamental construction
基本设施 fundamental infrastructure
基本工业 cardinal industry
基本利益 cardinal interest/benefit
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经济法制化 economy legalization
经济全球化 economy globalisation
社会知识化 society lateralisation
国际关系民主化 international relations democratisation
国民经济信息化 domestic economy informationalisation
科研成果产业化 scientific fruits industrialisation
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宜昌是巴楚文化的发源地，诞生了屈原、王昭君等千古风流人物。
The culture of Si'chuan and Hu'bei in Chou Dynasty(so-called Ba-chu)firstly originated in Yi'chang city in which tremendous prominent  celebrities were cultivated such as Qu'yuan, Wang'zhaojun and what not.

下象棋我只会马走日，象走田。
Playing Chinese Chess is without my domain:just knowing the uncomplicated  rules of knight and bishop as a rectangle with 2 squares for knight; and a large square with 4 squares for bishop each time on the chessboard.

这对年轻夫妇并不相配，一个是西施，一个是张飞。
The young married couple is not for each other; one is a belle, and the other beast!

林边有一个洞，叫白龙洞，传说《白蛇传》的白娘子曾经在这里修炼。
There is a mount cave called "the lily-white snake's" aside the woods, at which Lady lily-white snake(a legendary female snake) once said to be for practising Taoism.

腊月二十三灶王爷上天，后台封上戏箱，要等年初一开戏。
The Chinese Plutus will back to the heaven for consultation on the Lunar December 23rd each year; so the traditional opera box on backstage shall not unlock untill the coming of Lunar January 1st.

“这断子绝孙的阿Q！”远远地听到小尼姑的带哭的声音。
'May this AhQ be the last of your line !' a young Buddhist nun's  far-off sobbing overheard.