{"id":5047,"date":"2024-07-21T23:51:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T06:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/?p=5047"},"modified":"2024-11-03T09:46:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T17:46:57","slug":"zhengzhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2024\/07\/21\/zhengzhi\/","title":{"rendered":"zh\u00e8ngzh\u00ec"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">zh\u00e8ngzh\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(zh\u00e8ng\u00b7zh\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">{politics | political} \u00b7 governing [\u2192 [politics | political]]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u653f\u6cbb)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color: hsl(100, 85%, 40%);\"> \u2190 Tap\/click to show\/hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span>\n<\/h3>\n\n<p>[<strong>Notes:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: hsl(100, 85%, 40%)\">Tap\/click on a <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> expression to reveal its <\/span><span style=\"background-color: hsl(52, 55%, 87%);\">\u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span>; <span style=\"color: hsl(45, 85%, 40%)\">tap\/click on a <\/span><span style=\"background-color: hsl(52, 55%, 87%);\">\u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"color: hsl(45, 85%, 40%)\">or its <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> expression to hide the<\/span> <span style=\"background-color: hsl(52, 55%, 87%);\">\u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span>. <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> \ud83d\udcd8 icons mean <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <strong>Reveal All<\/strong>, <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> <strong>Reveal Advanced<\/strong>, and \ud83d\udcd8 <strong>Reveal None<\/strong> re all the <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\u201cflashcards\u201d<\/span> in the heading, paragraph, etc. that they are placed at the beginning of.]<\/p>\n<p>At the time of this writing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\" title=\"Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses\u2014Official Website: jw.org\">jw.org<\/a> was featuring the article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/library\/series\/more-topics\/political-violence-bible-say\/\" title=\"Political Violence\u2014What Does the Bible Say?\">Political Violence\u2014What Does the Bible Say?<\/a>\u201d. As the article says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nA wave of political violence is sweeping the world.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The assassination of a record-high 39 political candidates along with other forms of political violence has marred Mexico\u2019s 2023-2024 election season.<\/li>\n<li>Europe has recently witnessed numerous incidents of political violence, including the attempted assassination of the prime minister of Slovakia on May 15, 2024.<\/li>\n<li>The United States has been shaken by the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump on July 13, 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Incidentally, \u201cformer president Donald Trump\u201d is translated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/cmn-hans\/%E5%A4%9A%E5%AA%92%E4%BD%93%E5%9B%BE%E4%B9%A6%E9%A6%86\/%E7%B3%BB%E5%88%97\/%E6%9B%B4%E5%A4%9A%E7%83%AD%E9%97%A8%E8%AF%9D%E9%A2%98\/%E6%94%BF%E6%B2%BB%E6%9A%B4%E5%8A%9B%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6%E4%BC%9A%E6%9C%89%E7%BB%88%E6%AD%A2%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%A9%E5%90%97\/\" title=\"\u653f\u6cbb\u66b4\u529b\u4e8b\u4ef6\u4f1a\u6709\u7ec8\u6b62\u7684\u4e00\u5929\u5417\uff1f\">Mandarin version<\/a> of this article as <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201cqi\u00e1n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> \n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">former<\/span> \n\t\t\t\u524d)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>z\u01d2ngt\u01d2ng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(z\u01d2ng\u00b7t\u01d2ng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{overall \u2192 [chief]} \u00b7 {gathering together \u2192 [commanding]} (person) \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[president]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u603b\u7edf\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u7e3d\u7d71<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>T\u00e8l\u01cengp\u01d4<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">Trump<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7279\u6717\u666e)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>(Chu\u0101np\u01d4<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">Trump <i>(Tw)<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5ddd\u666e)<\/span><i>)\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Trump and this year\u2019s US presidential election, another, um, unusual development has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/live-blog\/trump-biden-president-election-live-updates-rcna162646\" title=\"Election 2024 updates: Biden drops out, endorses Kamala Harris; Trump reacts\">President Joe Biden\u2019s recent announcement that he is ending his campaign for president<\/a>, which will require a different Democratic presidential nominee to be selected and promoted in the relatively short time remaining before the election is to take place in November. In turbulent and uncertain times such as these, we as Jehovah\u2019s people can especially appreciate that coming to know and accept the truth about the good news of God\u2019s Kingdom frees us from the anxiety and concern that many in this world that is greatly affected by the USA\u2019s political policies are undoubtedly feeling.\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/b\/r1\/lp-e\/nwtsty\/27\/2#study=discover&#038;v=27:2:44\" title=\"Daniel 2 \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">Daniel 2:44<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/b\/r1\/lp-e\/nwtsty\/43\/8#study=discover&#038;v=43:8:32\" title=\"John 8 \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">John 8:32<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, where the English version of the above-mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\" title=\"Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses\u2014Official Website: jw.org\">jw.org<\/a> article uses the word \u201cpolitical\u201d, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/cmn-hans\/%E5%A4%9A%E5%AA%92%E4%BD%93%E5%9B%BE%E4%B9%A6%E9%A6%86\/%E7%B3%BB%E5%88%97\/%E6%9B%B4%E5%A4%9A%E7%83%AD%E9%97%A8%E8%AF%9D%E9%A2%98\/%E6%94%BF%E6%B2%BB%E6%9A%B4%E5%8A%9B%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6%E4%BC%9A%E6%9C%89%E7%BB%88%E6%AD%A2%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%A9%E5%90%97\/\" title=\"\u653f\u6cbb\u66b4\u529b\u4e8b\u4ef6\u4f1a\u6709\u7ec8\u6b62\u7684\u4e00\u5929\u5417\uff1f\">Mandarin version<\/a> generally uses this week\u2019s MEotW, <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201czh\u00e8ngzh\u00ec<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(zh\u00e8ng\u00b7zh\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">{politics | political} \u00b7 governing [\u2192 [politics | political]]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u653f\u6cbb)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> which in other contexts can also be used as a noun that corresponds to \u201cpolitics\u201d. (Be careful not to confuse <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201czh\u00e8ngzh\u00ec<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(zh\u00e8ng\u00b7zh\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">{politics | political} \u00b7 governing [\u2192 [politics | political]]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u653f\u6cbb)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> with <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201cj\u012bngj\u00ec<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(j\u012bng\u00b7j\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{managing [of]} \u00b7 {crossing [of] a river \u2192 [helping]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[economy | [is] economical | economic]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7ecf\u6d4e\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u7d93\u6fdf<\/span>)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> which basically means \u201ceconomy\u201d or \u201ceconomic\u201d.)<\/p>\n<h4>Morphemic Breakdown and Related Expressions<\/h4>\n<p>The first <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morpheme\" title=\"Morpheme - Wikipedia\">morpheme<\/a> in <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201czh\u00e8ngzh\u00ec<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(zh\u00e8ng\u00b7zh\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">{politics | political} \u00b7 governing [\u2192 [politics | political]]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u653f\u6cbb)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> basically means \u201cpolitics\u201d or \u201cpolitical\u201d, and it also appears in <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201czh\u00e8ngf\u01d4<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(zh\u00e8ng\u00b7f\u01d4\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">political \u00b7 {seat of government} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[government]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u653f\u5e9c)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> which means \u201cgovernment\u201d. Other expressions in which it appears include <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201czh\u00e8ngc\u00e8<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(zh\u00e8ng\u00b7c\u00e8\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">political; government \u00b7 {bamboo\/wooden slip used for writing \u2192 [plan; scheme; strategy]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[policy; political tactic]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u653f\u7b56)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201czh\u00e8ngqu\u00e1n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(zh\u00e8ng\u00b7qu\u00e1n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">political \u00b7 power; authority [\u2192 [regime]]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u653f\u6743\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u653f\u6b0a<\/span>)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> and <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201czh\u00edzh\u00e8ng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(zh\u00ed\u00b7zh\u00e8ng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{catch; capture \u2192<\/span> [hold]<span class=\"lit\">}<\/span> \u00b7 <span class=\"lit\">{government \u2192<\/span> [political power]<span class=\"lit\">}<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\u6267\u653f\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u57f7\u653f<\/span>)<\/span><i>\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The second <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morpheme\" title=\"Morpheme - Wikipedia\">morpheme<\/a> in <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201czh\u00e8ngzh\u00ec<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(zh\u00e8ng\u00b7zh\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">{politics | political} \u00b7 governing [\u2192 [politics | political]]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u653f\u6cbb)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> can mean \u201cgoverning\u201d or \u201cruling\u201d, and it also appears in <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201ct\u01d2ngzh\u00ec<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(t\u01d2ng\u00b7zh\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{gather together \u2192<\/span> [command]<span class=\"lit\">}<\/span> \u00b7 rule (<i>v<\/i>) | <span class=\"lit\">{gathering together \u2192 [commanding]} \u00b7 ruling \u2192<\/span> [rule]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7edf\u6cbb\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u7d71\u6cbb<\/span>)<\/span><i>\u201d.<\/i> Another sort of related meaning that this morpheme has is \u201ctreat; cure\u201d, which likely comes from its meaning of \u201cmanage\u201d. For example, it\u2019s used this way in <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201czh\u00ecb\u00ecng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(zh\u00ec\u00b7b\u00ecng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{manage \u2192<\/span> [treat; cure]<span class=\"lit\">}<\/span> \u00b7 disease; illness; sickness<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u6cbb\u75c5)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> and in <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201czh\u00ecli\u00e1o<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(zh\u00ec\u00b7li\u00e1o\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">{managing \u2192 [treating; curing]} \u00b7 treating; curing [\u2192 [medical treatment; cure]]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u6cbb\u7597\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u6cbb\u7642<\/span>)<\/span><i>\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n<h4>Usage Examples<\/h4>\n<p>Here are a couple of examples of <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201czh\u00e8ngzh\u00ec<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(zh\u00e8ng\u00b7zh\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">{politics | political} \u00b7 governing [\u2192 [politics | political]]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u653f\u6cbb)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> in use, taken from the above-mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\" title=\"Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses\u2014Official Website: jw.org\">jw.org<\/a> article:<\/p>\n<p>English:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong>Political<\/strong> Violence\u2014What Does the Bible Say?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mandarin:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal All\" class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <span onclick=\"advParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal Advanced\" class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> <span onclick=\"minusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal None\">\ud83d\udcd8<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<strong>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Zh\u00e8ngzh\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(Zh\u00e8ng\u00b7zh\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">Political \u00b7 Governing \u2192<\/span> [Political]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u653f\u6cbb)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">B\u00e0ol\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(B\u00e0o\u00b7l\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">Violent \u00b7 Force \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Violence]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u66b4\u529b)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Sh\u00ecji\u00e0n<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(Sh\u00ec\u00b7ji\u00e0n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">Incidents \u00b7 <i>[mw]<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e8b\u4ef6)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Hu\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">Will<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4f1a\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u6703<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Y\u01d2u<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> \n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">Have<\/span> \n\t\t\t\u6709)<\/span> \n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Zh\u014dngzh\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(Zh\u014dng\u00b7zh\u01d0\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">Ending \u00b7 Stopping<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7ec8\u6b62\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u7d42\u6b62<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">de<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> \n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">\u2019s<\/span> \n\t\t\t\u7684)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Y\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> \n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">One<\/span> \n\t\t\t\u4e00)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Ti\u0101n<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">Sky \u2192<\/span> [Day]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5929)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Ma<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> \n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\"><i>[? ptcl for \u201cyes\/no\u201d questions]<\/i><\/span> \n\t\t\t\u5417 \n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u55ce<\/span>)<\/span>?\n\n\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>English:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nWhy is there so much <strong>political<\/strong> violence? Will it ever end? What does the Bible say?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mandarin:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal All\" class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <span onclick=\"advParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal Advanced\" class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> <span onclick=\"minusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal None\">\ud83d\udcd8<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">W\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(W\u00e8i\u00b7sh\u00e9n\u00b7me\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">for \u00b7 what \u00b7 <i>[suf]<\/i> \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[why]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u70ba\u4ec0\/\u751a\u9ebc<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">y\u01d2u<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{are (there) having} \u2192<\/span> [are (there)]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u6709)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">zh\u00e8me<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> \n\t\t\t(zh\u00e8\u00b7me \n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">this \u00b7 <i>[suf for interrogatives and adverbs]<\/i><\/span> \n\t\t\t\u8fd9\u4e48\/\u672b \n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u9019\u9ebc\/\u672b<\/span>)<\/span> \n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">du\u014d<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> \n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">many<\/span> \n\t\t\t\u591a)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<strong>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">zh\u00e8ngzh\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(zh\u00e8ng\u00b7zh\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">political \u00b7 governing \u2192<\/span> [political]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u653f\u6cbb)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">b\u00e0ol\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(b\u00e0o\u00b7l\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">violent \u00b7 force \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[violence]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u66b4\u529b)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">sh\u00ecji\u00e0n<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(sh\u00ec\u00b7ji\u00e0n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">incidents \u00b7 <i>[mw]<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e8b\u4ef6)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">ne<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> \n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\"><i>[? ptcl]<\/i><\/span> \n\t\t\t\u5462)<\/span>?\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Zh\u00e8ixi\u0113<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> \n\t\t\t(Zh\u00e8i\u00b7xi\u0113 \n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">this \u00b7 {indefinite number of} \u2192<\/span> [these]<\/span> \n\t\t\t\u8fd9\u4e9b \n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u9019\u4e9b<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">sh\u00ecqing<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(sh\u00ec\u00b7qing\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">events \u00b7 situations<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e8b\u60c5)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">hu\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">will<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4f1a\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u6703<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">y\u01d2u<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> \n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">have<\/span> \n\t\t\t\u6709)<\/span> \n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">zh\u014dngzh\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(zh\u014dng\u00b7zh\u01d0\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">ending \u00b7 stopping<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7ec8\u6b62\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u7d42\u6b62<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">de<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> \n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">\u2019s<\/span> \n\t\t\t\u7684)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">y\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> \n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">one<\/span> \n\t\t\t\u4e00)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">ti\u0101n<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">sky \u2192<\/span> [day]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5929)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">ma<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> \n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\"><i>[? ptcl for \u201cyes\/no\u201d questions]<\/i><\/span> \n\t\t\t\u5417 \n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u55ce<\/span>)<\/span>?\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Sh\u00e8ngj\u012bng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> \n\t\t\t(Sh\u00e8ng\u00b7j\u012bng \n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">(the) Holy \u00b7 Scriptures \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[the Bible]<\/span> \n\t\t\t\u5723\u7ecf \n\t\t\t<span 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