| 释义 |
Examples:await job assignment (term used only in mainland China)—collision in which only one party is at fault—lit. has a name but no reality (idiom); exists only in name—lit. clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble—beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another—embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only—language pledge (speak only the target language in a language school)—mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study.—only interested in saving one's neck—only interested in personal gain—lit. clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble—Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song—different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only—(in second place) preceded only by...—Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, murdered in 1975 after opposing the counter-revolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979—Excellence in work is only possible with diligence.—not just in name only, but also in reality [idiom.]—when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction [idiom.]—lit. have only nine meals in thirty days [idiom.]— |