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Examples:spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising—engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom); remember a benefactor as long as one lives—exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly—kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)—gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands—lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern the letter—cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears)—lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. cut off one's nose to spite one's face—accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas—sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate—fig. one should not go back one's past experiences (of love, job etc)—control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)—think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom); to act on one's own initiative—produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground—give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one—love one's country as one's own family (praise for a virtuous ruler)—spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost—daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher—more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience—shake one's sleeve and leave (idiom); to turn and leave abruptly—approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave—crawl high, step low (idiom); unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors—one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch—angry, but not daring speak out (idiom); obliged to remain silent about one's resentment—keep one's spear by the pillow and await the dawn (idiom); ready for battle—be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it—(of one's political views) prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)—help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy—spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures—no strategy left try (idiom); at one's wit's end—lit. will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out—mind one's own business and keep out of trouble—give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically—ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing acknowledge danger)—speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word—cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient—nutritional food that helps build up one's health—after one's heart (idiom); gratifying and satisfactory—bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc)—value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth. because it is one's own—If one is industrious, one will not be in want. [idiom.]—give a glimpse of sth. intimate (e.g. one's underwear)—lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself [idiom.]—where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); finish once one starts sth—Tao or Yami, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan—one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system—one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)—the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism)—fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect—one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "teul"), an ancient Korean writing system—Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy—focus attention on one phrase without regard to the meaning of the whole piece—the seat of the Law, on which the one who explains the doctrine is seated (Buddhism)—division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor—allele (one of two paired gene in diploid organism)—virtue has its rewards (idiom); one good turn deserves another—Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), socialist philosopher and one of the founder of Marxism—(in former times) what one is allowed wear depending on social status—stars (that one sees from blow the head etc)—open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly—alternate angles (where one line meets two parallel lines)—Qauqaut, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan—one of the two latitude lines, Tropic of Capricorn or Tropic of Cancer—Thao, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan—lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress—if two tigers fight, one must get injured (idiom); if you start a war, someone is bound get hurt—(placed between two numbers indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)—Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)—unit of distance equal one-thirtieth km or 33.33 meters—hold up buttocks and praise a fart (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants—one of the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy—He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).—semitendinosus, one of the hamstring muscles in the thigh—things turn out contrary the way one wishes [idiom.]—a sly individual has more than one plan fall back on [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— |