(idiom) needless to say / it goes without saying
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pornographic novel / dirty book
to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
fiction
(fig.) adaptable / able to deal with various kinds of people and situations / (derog.) insincere / two-faced
to hear what was said
commentary (for a film etc) / caption (for a photo etc)
to speak of / to refer to
to comment / to evaluate
(but) then again / (but) on the other hand
(but) then again / (but) on the other hand
to talk endlessly / to talk about everything under the sun
novel of denunciation (according to Lu Xun's 魯迅|鲁迅[] classification)
to debate / to argue
popular fiction / light literature
theory of free play (in Kant's philosophy)
lobby group
that goes without saying
urban legend / urban myth
let's talk about the unpleasant things first / let's be frank
novel / full-length novel
to speak on sb's behalf / to intercede for sb / to lobby illegally
to state / to assert
scattered essays / various opinions / different manners of speaking
non-fiction
School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
"The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[]
see 說文解字|说文解字[]
Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎[] in the Eastern Han dynasty (2nd century), containing 10,516 entries
Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) by Duan Yucai 段玉裁[]
(old) works of literature, including novels, plays etc
A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆[]
Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[]
Fu Shuo (c. 14th century BC), legendary sage and principal minister of Shang ruler Wu Ding
Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[], collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话[] tales published in 1620
philosophical book by Song dynasty scholar Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤|周敦颐[], starting from an interpretation of the Book of Changes
Darwinism
lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it / fig. to misinterpret the original meaning / to pile up errors / refers to the letter from capital 郢[] of 楚[] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[] as "promote the wise"
single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)
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