| 释义 |
Examples:in old age, an expatriate returns home—spilt water returns the trough (idiom); fig. people remember where they belong—a falling leaf returns the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home—lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns have influence—lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise—stream which returns after branching—every drop returns the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused—use a long line catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns—lit. return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner—sth malevolent returns haunt one—lit. a falling leaf returns the roots [idiom.]—come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory—fabricated declaration (e.g. income tax return)—"urban dependence disease" (sufferers are unwilling give up city comforts and return to the countryside)—return empty (i.e. to drive back with no passengers or freight)—(fig.) return to one's old place, job, school etc—return to the main topic (idiom); back to business—transfer payment (payment from government or private sector for which no good or service is required in return)—return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school—seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return—toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); return a favor—lit. let the tiger return to the mountain; fig. to store up future calamities—return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)—return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)—fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return their roots (proverb)—lit. return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback—euphemism, lit. return West or to the Western Paradise—return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs—return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions [idiom.]— |