| 释义 |
Examples:posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)—return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school—Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed hand back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights—a species of apple which is slightly sour and astringent—Prosper Mérimée, French scholar and writer, author of novel Carmen on which Bizet based his opera—Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies—the blood of a sacrificial fowl which was sprinkled on doors and vessels—war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government—the pivots, at the top and bottom of a Chinese door, on which the door turns—Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty—the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth. which, despite its name, is of no practical use— |