释义 |
Examples:talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head—spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising—righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); feel indignant at injustice—speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions—If one does not know any better, one cannot be held responsible—bare one's left arm and take off one's cap as an expression of sorrow—lit. be bent over one's desk (studying or writing)—narrow one's eyes and gaze at something with great attention—satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others—lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position—facing the end (idiom); at the end of one's life—in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side—One must live with the consequences of one's actions.—sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate—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—think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom); to act on one's own initiative—make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates—exploit advantage to force sb to do one's bidding—appearing tough on the outside as mask one's inner vulnerability—one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with)—lit. wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see—not knowing what do (idiom); at one's wits' end—hard forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives—magnificent building reduced a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins—(polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)—lit. have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis—half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture)—show off one's accomplishments (often derogatory)—pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites—speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word—wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists)—lit. guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped—orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one rely on—adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own)—spread one's voice wide (idiom); wide publicity—be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results [idiom.]—worm one's way into being friends with sb. (usually derogatory)—try to form friendly ties with sb. for one's own benefit—treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them [idiom.]—venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time [idiom.]—lit. quench one's thirst by thinking of plums [idiom.]—where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); finish once one starts sth—can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud take a low one—light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence one person, a matter of life or death to another—Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells—The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.—resign oneself to part with what one treasures—burn the books and bury alive the Confucian scholars (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)—division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor—reduced fraction (e.g. one half for three sixths)—lit. ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful—one can only come across such things serendipitously—mountains on one side and water on the other—Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion—(in former times) what one is allowed wear depending on social status—slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession—one who can correct a misread or misspelt character and thus be your master—alternate angles (where one line meets two parallel lines)—formidable renown gives one authority over the whole country—Kaxabu or Kahabu, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan—the Baima or White horse temple in Luoyang, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China—shaking one the core (idiom); extremely disturbing—János Bolyai (1802-1860), one of the discoverers of non-Euclidean geometry—Tsou or Cou, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan—(literary) be promoted more than one grade or rank at a time—conform to what one perceives to be the majority view—work as one (idiom); united in a concerted effort—Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology—period during which one can prosecute or sue sb—be kind and love one another (idiom); bound by deep emotions—Pazeh, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan—lit. not stop until one reaches the Yellow River [idiom.]—classifier for long, narrow, flexible objects such as fish, dogs, pants; for roads and rivers; for human lives; in the expression: one heart, meaning working together for a common goal—a sly individual has more than one plan fall back on [idiom.]—sth. one can predict without being a clairvoyant— |