释义 |
Examples:lit. monk holding an umbrella: no hair, no sky—nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping—no-frills civil wedding ceremony lacking a material foundation: no car, house, reception, rings, or honeymoon—nod one's head and wag one's tail [idiom.]—no room advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma—light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence one person, a matter of life or death to another—lit. has a name but no reality (idiom); exists only in name—spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost—show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances—bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost—lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom); fig. honesty prevails throughout society—Rabdosia lophanthoides (no common name), herb plant of Lamiaceae family (together with mint and lavender), used in TCM—no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering—word having grammatical function but no meaning—cherish one's unrecognized talents (idiom); to have talent but no opportunity—without destruction there can be no construction—many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose—atropine C17H23NO3, alkaloid drug derived from deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)—spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost—have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking—it's better make slow progress than no progress at all (proverb)—Fire and water have no mercy (idiom). forces of nature beyond human control—no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence—have no right or ability to interfere in sth—lit. ask passers-by how build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do—it will cause no end of trouble (idiom); nip the problem in the bud—no less than from heaven the abyss (idiom); differing widely—the common good above everything without no regard for personal interests (idiom); behave altruistically—bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb—hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents—(in ancient times) no direct contact between men and women—There are no poor soldiers under a good general—the dead cannot testify (idiom); dead men tell no tales—close relation, no gap (idiom); intimate and nothing can come between—Owari or Owari-no-kuni, Japanese fiefdom during 11th-15th century, current Aichi prefecture around Nagoya—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—no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster [idiom.]— |