| 释义 |
Examples:beat the snake death or it will cause endless calamity (common saying); nip the problem in the bud—light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence one person, a matter of life or death to another—euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death)—definitive conclusion on the coffin lid (idiom); You can only judge a person's merits or demerits after death.—dates of birth and death (of historical figure)—the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)—sudden death (in medicine, sporting competitions etc)—greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly—karoshi (loan word from Japanese), death from overwork—one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare unhorse the emperor (proverb)—Aum Shinrikyo (or Supreme Truth), the Japanese death cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway—sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate—memorial activity 35 days after a person's death—lit. danger now morning or evening (idiom); on the verge of death—until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life—lit. although dead, also honored; died a glorious death—inauspicious matter (involving death or casualties)—sudden death style play-off (sporting competition)—commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)—lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death)—the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)—a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death—death cannot wipe out the crimes (idiom); dreadful crimes that rankled even after the perpetrator is dead—as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers death)—life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure [idiom.]— |