- Industry: Translation & localization
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For Westerners, China can seem a very unfamiliar place; there's strange food, strange customs, and a strange language. The best thing you can do is repeat this Chinese idiom to yourself, which has basically the same meaning as another one of ours - "When in Rome, do as the Romans do".
Industry:Culture
The literal meaning of this idiom is that there are difficulties on the left and the right sides. Simply put, it means you've got a dilemma or you've found yourself between a bull's two horns.
Industry:Culture
This idiom means to "sit around waiting for opportunities" but the story behind it is quite entertaining. Once upon a time, a rabbit was running away from something or other and ran smack into a stump in front of a farmer, killing itself. The farmer thought this was some sort of regular occurrence and ended up letting his farm go to ruin while waiting for the next rabbit to come along.
Industry:Culture
The word smicker means to look at or after someone amorously. It can also be used to describe the moment you meet someone who takes your breath away.
Industry:Language
Andy Warhol was a leading pop artist from the United States. He has created many art works that are not only one-of-a-kind back in the 1960s but are still highly sought-after today.
Industry:Arts & crafts
Andy Warhol is a leading pop artist from the United States.He has created art works that are not only one-of-a-kind back in the 1960s and 1970s but still highly sought-after today.
Industry:Arts & crafts
It is a French weekly newspaper, well-known for publicizing satirical cartoons, polemics, jokes and reports. Irreverent to just every religion, it has long been the target for Islamist rage.
Industry:Printing & publishing
A cartoonist is a visual artist who makes simple drawings that show objects in a humorous and exaggerating way, especially for the purpose of satire on a newspaper or a magazine.
Industry:Art history
Stéphane Charbonnier, known as "Charb", was the editor-in-chief of the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo from 2009 to the time of his death in a terror attack on January 7, 2015. He was known for his controversial and provocative illustrations and caricatures and was on Al-Qaeda's most-wanted list in 2013.
Industry:Art history; Printing & publishing
"Mountaintopism" is a term coined by a Mao Zedong, aka, "Chairman Mao", the "founding father" of People's Republic of China. It is a literal translation for the Chinese version of "cliquism", which means the tendency to associate in cliques, or factions.
Industry:Government
