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China; Chinese food

3

galley (ship)

5

oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation

1

rectangle; oblong

1

sail

1

oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night

1

human power; human strength; human effort; human agency

1

most numerous

1

layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

2

tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel

1

ship; boat; vessel

1

houseboat; pleasure boat (large, roofed)

1

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of

19

abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender

1

more than expected

1

sailor; marine

4

(necessary) personnel; required person

2

all people; everybody

1

rower; oarsman

3

small number of people

1

to be able to manage somehow or other

1

reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)

2

soldier

5

priority; order of precedence

1

escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis

8

extremely dangerous; full of peril

2

battlefield; battleground

1

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

2

impossible

4

(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament

2

to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible

1

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

1

armed forces; military; troops

4

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

2

to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage

1

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

1

too (much); overly; excessively

4

at least; at most; (even) just

1

one by one; one after another; successively

1

destructive blast; blowing up; explosion

1

going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob

1

conflagration; fire

1

timewise; temporal; chronal

1

links; chain; shackle; linking

2

plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)

2

seasickness

2

Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms

2

measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy

1