| 释义 |
Examples:Book of Job in the Old Testament—Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860—the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar)—the five books of Moses in the Old Testament—the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise—get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate—push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate—(live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss—(old) female servants or concubines in homes of the rich—a woman's place is in the home (old view)—"youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old—(of parents) bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age—lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations—clear out the old, bring in the new—(old) instrument even out the grain in a measuring vessel—stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing acknowledge new ideas—different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only—Yongdingmen, front gate of the outer section of Beijing's old city wall, torn down in the 1950s and reconstructed in 2005—act in accordance with the old rules—Book of Job (in the Old Testament)—out with the old and in with the new [idiom.]— |