释义 |
Examples:Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk—the eagle soars in the sky (citation from Mao Zedong)—Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860—hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)—hitching a ride the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement—Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion—League of Nations (1920-1946), based in Geneva, precursor of the UN—Junggar or Dsungharian basin in Xinjiang between the Altai and TianShan ranges—all the parts are in place, but small scale (Mencius)—the eyes bore through, the belly hungers (idiom); in eager anticipation—Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty—formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents the girl's family)—traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball)—horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)—lit. clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble—the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year in24 equal periods—(of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple—Satsuma, the name of a former feudal domain in Japan, and of a former province, a battleship, a district, a peninsula etc—lit. look at flowers in the fog (idiom); fig. blurred vision—Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty—classifier for people working in the same domain—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— |