| 释义 |
Examples:Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.—GATT, the 1995 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade—sb who tries be on good terms with everyone—Ryūkyū kingdom 1429-1879 (on modern Okinawa)—Three gorges reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze—nothing but herb soup and dry provisions eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet—Corpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday)—Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)—pass on errors or lies (idiom); the propagation of misconceptions—person who lives only on the material level—give direct instructions on the way to deal with a matter—Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August)—the art of the possible (Bismarck on politics)—look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on—Mach (aeronautics), unit of speed based on speed of sound = 1 Mach = 1224 km per hr—great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation—tall ladder on a building or other large structure—poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line—speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation—Sandhinir mokcana vyuha sutra, a yogic text on awareness and meditation, translated as the Wisdom of Buddha—recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast—lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); latch on to every opportunity—debt as heavy as a mountain on a turtle's back—lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); preach freely on one's favorite topic—have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month)—lit. on brocade, add flowers (idiom); decorate sth already perfect—a stumbling block on the path enlightenment (Buddhism)—Emeryville, town on San Fransico bay, California—lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head—expose unfair practices (on a consumer protection website)—chord (straight line joining two points on a curve)—grass that has grown on a grave since last year—the impact of a piece of writing on the reader—be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind—flowers on red silk (a traditional gift celebrate weddings etc)—lit. lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge—possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them—Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya on the Zambesi River, between Zambia and Zimbabwe—ten years of practice for one minute on the stage [idiom.]— |