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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | Chinese term or phrase: 收拾广东官 | | It is a book published in Hong Kong. Who knows the English name of the book? |
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| | fixing up the officials in Canton | Explanation:
In Chinese if you 收拾 something you pack it up, but if you 收拾 someone you fix him/her up. Sometimes it also means to get rid of someone, but in context with this case it means "fix" |
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Lu Yu
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