释义 |
Examples:lit. fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner—engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom); remember a benefactor as long as one lives—etched in one's bones and heart (idiom); ever-present memory (esp. resentment)—lit. renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways—bare one's left arm and take off one's cap as an expression of sorrow—cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears)—(do a manual task) until one's hands go limp with exhaustion—sleep on one's armor with spear by the pillow (idiom); ready for battle—recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots—One must live with the consequences of one's actions.—dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie—bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life—congregate in one hall (idiom); to gather under one roof—like a fish back in water (idiom); glad be back in one's proper surroundings—as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); the best of one's ability—be separated (from a friend, one's homeland etc) for a period of time—exploit advantage to force sb to do one's bidding—take things calmly (idiom); not losing one's cool—appearing tough on the outside as mask one's inner vulnerability—go one's own way (idiom); to act independently without asking others—spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost—more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience—unable take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily—too numerous mention individually or one by one—be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it—nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping—consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters—catch everything in one net (idiom); to eliminate at one stroke—feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience—a scholar or government official living in one's village—give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically—stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain)—implicate others, without foundation, in confessing one's own crime—speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word—lit. break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat—letter written in one's own blood, expressing determination, hatred, last wishes etc—the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back—lit. swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities—there are no rivers one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu [idiom.]—choose sth. over another to suit one's own convenience—earn people's praise through one's good deeds [idiom.]—it is easier change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character [idiom.]—increase in salary according one's service record for the year [idiom.]—extend one's neck in preparation for execution [idiom.]—having given away a bride, lose one's army on top of it [idiom.]—where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); finish once one starts sth—Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems—one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. work for a bit then skimp—Chakra (Sanskrit: disk), one of seven symbolic nodes of the body in spiritual Yoga—one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "hol"), an ancient Korean writing system—the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism)—lit. cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity—one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping inthe breach to replace fallen comrades—lit. turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis—Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four—division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor—accomplishing something besides what one set out do—The net of justice is wide, but no-one escapes.—the appearance of a mountain, as if two pots were standing one upon the other—pervert (esp. one who gropes women in public)—modernization of science and technology, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations—one country, two systems (PRC proposal regarding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan)—close kindred slaughter one another (idiom); internecine strife—millimicron or one-millionth of a millimeter—Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East—Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), leading French general and commander-in-chief of allied forces in the latter stages of World War One—(of an organisation) group of persons of one level or grade—not all gold is sufficiently red (idiom); no-one is perfect—hold up buttocks and praise a fart (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants—lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)—lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods [idiom.]—sb. with whom one has a close personal relationship—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.]—surreptiously substitute one thing for another [idiom.]—lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn [idiom.]— |