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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	前颠后偃	前顛後偃	qián diān hòu yǎn	qian2 dian1 hou4 yan3	to stumble forward and backward (idiom)
2	仕途偃蹇	仕途偃蹇	shì tú yǎn jiǎn	shi4 tu2 yan3 jian3	to have an unsuccessful official career (idiom)
3	修文偃武	修文偃武	xiū wén yǎn wǔ	xiu1 wen2 yan3 wu3	to pursue learning and discard the sword (idiom)
4	偃	偃	yǎn	Yan3	to lie supine; to stop; to fall down; surname Yan
5	偃旗息鼓	偃旗息鼓	yǎn qí xī gǔ	yan3 qi2 xi1 gu3	lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease; to give in
6	偃师	偃師	yǎn shī	Yan3 shi1	Yanshi county level city in Luoyang 洛阳 , Henan
7	偃师市	偃師市	yǎn shī shì	Yan3 shi1 shi4	Yanshi county level city in Luoyang 洛阳 , Henan
8	偃武修文	偃武修文	yǎn wǔ xiū wén	yan3 wu3 xiu1 wen2	to promote culture over military activities; to give up the sword for the pen (idiom)
9	优游偃息	優游偃息	yōu yóu yǎn xī	you1 you2 yan3 xi1	to lie down in great ease (idiom)
10	与世偃仰	與世偃仰	yǔ shì yǎn yǎng	yu3 shi4 yan3 yang3	to have no independent thinking of one's own; to drift with the current (idiom)