释义 |
Examples:receiving much help (from outside)—lit. too much for the eye take in (idiom); a feast for the eyes—lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action—difficult obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply—exceeds expectations (idiom); much better than anticipated—much hardships may awaken a nation (idiom); calamity that prompts renewal—there can never be too much deception in war—make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble—estimate how much food is required for a meal—(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy—lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom); fig. much accomplished, still some work do—much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly—much capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions—swell to bursting (after having eaten too much)—a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)—lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); talk too much—unable help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you.—rivers and mountains are easy change, man's character much harder—A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)—nothing much changes (idiom); always the same—love sth too much to part with it (idiom); to fondle admiringly—I have much more say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) [idiom.]—so much evil that it reaches all the way heaven [idiom.]—lit. love money as much as one's own life [idiom.]—write no more because others write so much better [idiom.]— |