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纵观 ( zòng guān ) 中国 ( Zhōng guó ) 两千年 ( liǎng qiān nián ) 的 ( de ) 历史 ( lì shǐ ) 可 ( kě ) 曾 ( céng ) 听说 ( tīng shuō ) 过 ( guò ) 学生 ( xué sheng ) 杀 ( shā ) 人 ( rén ) 放 ( fàng ) 火 ( huǒ ) 的 ( de ) 典 ( diǎn ) 故 ( gù )
纵 (zòng, ㄗㄨㄥˋ ) warp (the vertical threads in weaving); vertical; longitudinal; north-south (lines of longitude); lengthwise; to release; to indulge; even if [CE-DICT] 观 (guān, ㄍㄨㄢ ) to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; concept; point of view [CE-DICT] (guàn, ㄍㄨㄢˋ ) Taoist monastery [CE-DICT] 可 (か) (n,n-suf) passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair; (P) [EDICT] (kě, ㄎㄜˇ ) can; may; able to; to approve; to permit; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis) [CE-DICT] 曾 (ひい;ひ;そう) (pref) great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother) [EDICT] (céng, ㄘㄥˊ ) once; already; former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) [CE-DICT] (zēng, ㄗㄥ ) surname Zeng; great-grand (father) [CE-DICT] 听 (tīng, ㄊㄧㄥ ) to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loan from English tin); classifier for canned beverages [CE-DICT] (tìng, ㄊㄧㄥˋ ) to let; to allow [CE-DICT] 说 (shuì, ㄕㄨㄟˋ ) persuade (politically) [CE-DICT] (shuō, ㄕㄨㄛ ) to speak; to say; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory) [CE-DICT] 学 (がく) (n) learning; scholarship; erudition; knowledge; (P) [EDICT] (xué, ㄒㄩㄝˊ ) learn; study; science; -ology [CE-DICT] 生 (うぶ) (adj-na,n,adj-no) (1) (esp. 初, 初心) innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears; (n-pref) (2) (産, 生) birth- [EDICT] (いく) (pref) (arch) vital; virile; lively [EDICT] (き) (n,pref) pure; undiluted; raw; crude [EDICT] (せい;しょう) (n) (1) life; living; (n,n-suf) (2) (せい only) (male) (hum) I; me; myself [EDICT] (なま) (adj-no,adj-na,n,n-pref) (1) raw; uncooked; fresh; (2) natural; unedited; unprocessed; crude; (3) (col) unprotected (i.e. not wearing a condom); (4) live (i.e. not recorded); (5) inexperienced; unpolished; green; (6) (abbr) (See 御生,生意気) impudence; sauciness; (7) (abbr) (See 生ビール) unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer; (pref) (8) partially; somewhat; half-; semi-; (P) [EDICT] (ふ) (n,n-suf) (See 芝生) area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.) [EDICT] (なまり) (n) (uk) (abbr) (See 生り節) boiled and half-dried bonito [EDICT] (shēng, ㄕㄥ ) to be born; to give birth; life; to grow [CE-DICT]
