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扭转乾坤
niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
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lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom);
fig. to change the course of events;
to turn things around
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乾坤
qián kūn
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yin and yang;
heaven and earth;
the universe
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一乾二淨
yī gān èr jìng
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thoroughly (idiom);
completely;
one and all;
very clean
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不乾不淨
bù gān bù jìng
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unclean;
filthy;
foul-mouthed
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不乾不淨，吃了沒病
bù gān bù jìng ， chī le méi bìng
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a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb);
a couple of germs won't do you any harm
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乳臭未乾
rǔ xiù wèi gān
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smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced;
still wet behind the ears
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乾俸
gān fèng
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sinecure
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乾兒
gān ér
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adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
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乾兒
gān r
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dried food
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乾兒子
gān ér zi
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adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
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乾冰
gān bīng
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dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2);
CL:塊|块[kuai4]
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乾嘉三大家
qián jiā sān dà jiā
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Three great poets of the Qianlong and Jiaqing era (1735-1820), namely: Yuan Mei 袁枚, Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨 and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼
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乾嘔
gān ǒu
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to retch
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乾噦
gān yuě
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to retch
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乾嚎
gān háo
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to cry out loud without tears
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乾女兒
gān nǚ ér
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adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
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乾娘
gān niáng
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adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
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乾媽
gān mā
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adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
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乾安
qián ān
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Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
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乾安县
qián ān xiàn
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Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
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乾安縣
qián ān xiàn
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Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
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乾屍
gān shī
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mummy;
dried corpse
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乾巴巴
gān bā bā
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dry;
parched;
dull;
insipid
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乾打壘
gān dǎ lěi
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rammed earth;
adobe house
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乾打雷，不下雨
gān dǎ léi ， bù xià yǔ
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all thunder but no rain (idiom);
a lot of noise but no action
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