| 释义 |
Examples:fig. life's daily necessities—shared delights and common hardships (idiom); share life's joys and sorrows—give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius); to choose honor over life—the crucial point that brings the subject life—light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence one person, a matter of life or death to another—a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen—human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence—greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly—love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle—full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring sb's life)—bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life—general term for milk packaged for the consumer, including long-life (UHT) milk, pasteurized milk and reconstituted milk—until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life—sacrificing one's life generously (idiom); sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause—thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty—(according an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students—indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance—walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)—While the green hills last, there'll be wood burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.—lit. sing accompany wine (idiom); fig. life is short, make merry while you can—limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)—Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence—lit. hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life—will be redoubtable in later life (idiom); a young person's abilities must be respected, though inexperienced—mutually dependent for life (idiom); rely upon one another for survival—in glowing spirits (idiom); bursting with life—untold pain and suffering (idiom); deeply scarred for life—life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations)—wife kids and a warm bed (common saying); the simple and good life—”surrender and your life will be spared” [idiom.]—saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda [idiom.]— |