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Examples:goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.—part of Chinese character indicating the meaning—lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)—(loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)—slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.—used as emoticon ("smiley") meaning embarrassed, sad :-(, depressed or frustrated—often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"—focus attention on one phrase without regard to the meaning of the whole piece—control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)—lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); interpret word-by-word without understanding the meaning—technical word used in psychology meaning the whole is more than the sum of its parts—an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)—fish (meaning variable: mackerel, anchovy, fresh-water fish)—tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone the absolute etc)—enjoy (usually in negative combination, meaning unable to enjoy)—"Shiming", late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords explain their meaning—tiramisù (loanword from Italian meaning "pull-me-up")—meaning of character is unclear, and no known compounds—(meaning uncertain); rhinoceros (possibly female) or bull—between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning—earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); persuade patiently—small green cicada or frog (meaning unclear, possibly onom.)—Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households)—an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases—He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).—classifier for hair or grass, literal meaning: tuft—say sth. without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek—classifier for money, literal meaning: a handful—classifier for long, narrow, flexible objects such as fish, dogs, pants; for roads and rivers; for human lives; in the expression: one heart, meaning working together for a common goal—near ancient history (often taken mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times)—morally loose, lewd and low, lascivious and mean—say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word—relevant (used with negative mean totally irrelevant)—gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure [idiom.]— |