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"ref": "1996 May, Teng-hui Lee, “Political Reforms”, in Peace Through Democratic Reforms, Taipei: Wen Ying Tang Press Inc., →OCLC, page 11",
"text": "Prevented by internal and external influences, this ideal of placing the sovereignty in the hands of the people was not carried out immediately after the establishment of the Republic of China. With the changes of time, particularly with the relocation of the ROC government to Taiwan, we have gradually carried it out at last, but only after having licked our wounds and built our strength for forty years.",
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"(idiomatic) To withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat; to recuperate."
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"roman": "bliža si ranite",
"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "ближа си раните"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "舔舐伤口"
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"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "slikke sine sår"
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"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "zijn wonden likken"
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"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "nuolla haavansa"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "panser ses plaies"
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"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "panser ses blessures"
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"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "nyalogatja a sebeit"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "leccarsi le ferite"
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"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
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"word": "lizać rany"
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"word": "wylizać rany"
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"roman": "zalízyvatʹ rány",
"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"tags": [
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"word": "зали́зывать ра́ны"
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"roman": "bliža si ranite",
"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "ближа си раните"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "舔舐伤口"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "slikke sine sår"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "zijn wonden likken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "nuolla haavansa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "panser ses plaies"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "panser ses blessures"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "nyalogatja a sebeit"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "leccarsi le ferite"
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"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"tags": [
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"word": "lizać rany"
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"tags": [
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"word": "wylizać rany"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zalízyvatʹ rány",
"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"tags": [
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"word": "зали́зывать ра́ны"
},
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"roman": "zalizátʹ rány",
"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"tags": [
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"word": "зализа́ть ра́ны"
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"sense": "withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat",
"word": "lamerse las heridas"
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"word": "lick one's wounds"
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