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more adverb—更 adv (often used) 多 adv 更多 adv 更加 adv Examples:peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)—lit. want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects); more haste, less speed—xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom—(in the Romanization of Chinese) write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)—revise one or more editions of a text using an authoritative edition as a source book—taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish—a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold—do more than is required (idiom); superfluous—We wish you a Happy Birthday and many more of them.—lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns have influence—technical word used in psychology meaning the whole is more than the sum of its parts—fig. inciting people action is more effective than dispatching orders—There is always sth more learn (applied to art or learning).—pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands—lit. spare valor for sale (idiom); fig. after former successes, still ready for more work—variant pronunciation (when the same character has more than one reading)—Chinese word made up of three or more characters—household with savings or annual income of 10,000 yuan or more (considered a large amount in the 1970s, when the term became established)—The process is more beautiful than the outcome.—fig. hesitate to do sth until forced to do even more—lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells—(literary) be promoted more than one grade or rank at a time—abler people do more work (idiom); It is because you are so capable that we (or they) leave everything you.—lit. swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities—deep earthquake (with epicenter more than 300 km deep)—lit. change more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)—mafic rock (with less silicon and more magnesium, iron etc)—step aside and give a more worthy person a chance [idiom.]—a sly individual has more than one plan fall back on [idiom.]—write no more because others write so much better [idiom.]—I have much more say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) [idiom.]—saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda [idiom.]— |