释义 |
Examples:green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade—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—man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears—lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering—sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion—thunder from a clear sky (idiom); a bolt from the blue—lit. fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere—Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky)—the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning—the eagle soars in the sky (citation from Mao Zedong)—White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky)—marble white color of the dawn sky—wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas—rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion a high post—lit. monk holding an umbrella: no hair, no sky—In the sky be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined—four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back—look at the sky in sorrow—Vermilion Bird (the seven mansions of the south sky)—scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place—Goddess peak (Nepalese: Sagarmatha, Sky Goddess)—lit. view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded—lit. wind and rain darken the sky (idiom); fig. the situation looks grim—the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing see to the broad horizon—hitching a ride the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement—lit. there is no road the sky, nor door into the earth [idiom.]—the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth. which, despite its name, is of no practical use— |