释义 |
Examples:Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected Guomindang in 1938—Yongdingmen, front gate of the outer section of Beijing's old city wall, torn down in the 1950s and reconstructed in 2005—three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology)—sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds—fire beacon towers (historical sites on the Great Wall and in Xinjiang)—rush in and kill the enemy—lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening—Anastas Ivanonovich Mikoyan (1895-1978), Soviet politician, politburo member in the 1950s and 1960s—paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch—The Sun (the name of various newspapers, notably in the UK and in Hong Kong)—(old) visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)—the Ma clique of warlords in Gansu and Ningxia during the 1930s and 1940s—Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution—The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction—Five Dynasties (in different contexts, from mythology through Han and the interregnum between Han and Tang)—Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed in240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical—a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)—Kaesong or Gaeseong 개성시 city in southwest North Korea, close the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies—New Fourth army of Republic of China, set up in 1937 and controlled by the communists—name for the silver coin and the main currency in Bohemia from 16th-18th century—Dutch studies (study of Europe and the world in premodern Japan)—Langyuan paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends—Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia—lit. fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom); fig. needless fears—Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition—lit. breakfast in the morning and supper in the evening [idiom.]—out with the old and in with the new [idiom.]—be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time [idiom.]—classifier for long, narrow, flexible objects such as fish, dogs, pants; for roads and rivers; for human lives; in the expression: one heart, meaning working together for a common goal— |