One major characteristic of Peking Opera is the color painted on the face of a character. It is vital to the understanding of a play.

在人的脸上涂上某种颜色以象征这个人的性格和品质、角色和命运，是京剧的一大特点，也是理解剧情的关键。

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A major characteristic of good architecture is layering components such that dependencies between modules flow down through the architecture.

优良架构的一个重要特点就是通过组件分层使模块间的依赖流畅贯穿于整个架构。

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A major disadvantage of coal combustion-and characteristic of industrial cities-has been air pollution by soot, dust, ash, exhaust and large amounts of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.

煤炭燃烧的主要缺点——也是工业城市的特色——是烟尘、粉尘、灰渣和废气以及大量的温室气体二氧化碳污染了空气。

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Typically, sharp gains like this are more characteristic of a rally against the major trend.

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Although Facebook has received a lot of positive attention for its inclusion of a woman, Sheryl Sandberg, as its Chief Operating Officer, the company has not appointed a single female candidate to its board, a characteristic that makes it a lot like other major U.S. companies that have zero women on their boards such as Urban Outfitters, Under Armour, and Zale, the diamond company.

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All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time.

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