| 释义 |
Examples:things that go bump in the night—a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept—qualities that delight children (e.g. bold colors in a picture, anthropomorphized characters in a TV show, the physical challenge of playground equipment)—lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction)—know that one is in the wrong [idiom.]—three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology)—Tianying city in Anhui, having lead processing plants that produce substantial pollution—don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius)—die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes—use this in place of that—factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor—goods in the command economy that are not graded by quality and uniformly priced—sth that is in high demand—the thing that one cherishes most in life—the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year in24 equal periods—RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Taiwan)—RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912—form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty—the notion in society that it's better get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty—lit. open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction)—bijective map (i.e. map between sets in math. that is one-to-one and onto)—Kantō earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area—poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food—Jacobin club, French revolutionary party that played a leading role in the reign of terror 1791-1794—appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side)—a social and political movement founded in 1920s China that combines aspects of Western and Eastern philosophy—Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as Qing dynasty in 1644—act in a way that defeats one's purpose [idiom.]—speak in a frightened voice that lacks courage [idiom.]—lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); change sth. that is already settled upon— |