Paper-cuts were used for many purposes, and everything can become the theme of paper-cuts, from people to the things that can be used in everyday life such as birds, flowers, and animals.

剪纸有很多用途，任何东西都可以成为剪纸的主题，从人到日常生活中可以使用的东西，如鸟、花和动物。

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Chinese paper-cuts have been a traditional form of decoration (装饰) at the Chinese New Year for thousands of years.

数千年来，中国剪纸一直是新年期间的传统装饰。

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The embroidered designs were based on paper-cuts, the most well-known of them was from Bao Jun, a paper cutting master.

刺绣的设计以剪纸为基础，其中最为著名的是剪纸大师包钧的作品。

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On top of this, says the paper, sixth-form colleges have been hit hard by cuts, while the government has offered preferential funding to academies and free schools with sixth forms.

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Let's let any insurer opt out of state regulation in favor of a federal charter. (I'll bet Allstate, Progressive and Geico would go federal in a heartbeat.) Relieved of 50-state paper-pushing burdens and free to pick off the good risks with price cuts, the federally chartered companies would be a formidable competitive threat.

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Cuts in taxes and in non-wage labour costs, says the paper, are the key to regaining confidence in the economy.

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