释义 |
Examples:lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten)—far from it being so [idiom.]—Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.—decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it be strung on a cord—hold sth back (and prevent it being known)—feel irritated without being able to express it—the rich man cannot be benevolent (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).—be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek—joke intended be so corny it makes one groan—let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story)—lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed—if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end it? (Buddhist saying)—fig. attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it—If the basin is square, the water in it will also be square. [idiom.]— |