| 释义 |
Examples:Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China—lamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae)—think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs—continental slope (boundary of continental shelf)—Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era—the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)—round neck (of pull-over garment, e.g. T-shirt)—Škoda, Czech Republic car manufacturer, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group—Wu Ding (c. 14th century BC), legendary founder and wise ruler of Shang dynasty—voice breaking (of male opera singer in puberty)—Hang Seng index (of Hong Kong stock market)—administrative subdivision (e.g. of provinces incounties)—The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize—Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Nying khri, Chinese Linzhi—Chinese skullcap resembling the skin of half a watermelon—Sun Ce (175-200), general and major warlord of the Later Han Dynasty—bull market (i.e. period of rising share prices)—miscellany of writing from the Western Han (former Han)—London University School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)—car slave, sb forced sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car—inflammation of the mucous lining of the mouth—Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office (State Council, of PRC)—Liang Xiang (1919-1989), first governor of Hainan—Fu Shuo (c. 14th century BC), legendary sage and principal minister of Shang ruler Wu Ding—fig. spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)—Jialing river in Sichuan (a tributary of the Yangtze)—imagawayaki (sweet snack made of batter cooked in the shape of a car wheel, stuffed with azuki bean paste or other fillings)—the Benglong (Penglung) ethnic group of Yunnan—Ding Ruchang (1836-1895), commander of the Qing North China Navy—medial (i.e. middle vowel of a syllable in Asian phonetics)—Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of Guomintang—able think of everything that needs to be thought of—fetch the moon out of the sea (idiom); a hopeless illusion—name of states in Southern China at different historical periods—classifier for groups of people, herds of animals, flocks of birds, schools of fish—classifier for stories of buildings; layers of cakes, paint, thin glass—classifier for sections of plants such as bamboo or sugarcane; tree branches; class periods at school; cylindrical batteries, train carriages—classifier for bagfuls of things, such as flour or cement—classifier for objects in a handheld bottle, vial, or flask, such a bottle of water—classifier for gusts or bursts; for events of short duration such as lightning, storms, wind—classifier for chunks, lumps, or pieces of land, stones, cake, bread, candy, tofu; wristwatches—classifier used when saying: types or kinds of sth.—classifier for cans of beverages, such as soda or beer—classifier for piles of things, such as trash or sand—classifier for groups of domesticated animals like pigs, cows; hair (only with modifier)—classifier for pairs of objects which naturally come in pairs such as chopsticks or shoes—classifier for small objects, such as a grain of rice—forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong [idiom.]— |