| 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.—a tiny lapse can lead a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses—You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.—you can run this time, but you'll have come back—anyone with eyes can see it (idiom); obvious all—definitive conclusion on the coffin lid (idiom); You can only judge a person's merits or demerits after death.—the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant—lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other—lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out—can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not recognize a famous person—almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle—lit. turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis—two processes can be implemented without conflict—Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture—(posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?—equality ration fund, a charitable investment fund that can be drawn down in proportion further donations—immortal soul, i.e. that can be detached from the body—If one man holds the pass, ten thousand cannot pass (idiom); One man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies—faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right—A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.—Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)—where it is possible let people off, one should spare them (idiom); anyone can make mistakes, forgive them when possible—things that have happened can hardly be controlled—a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect—never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite—fig. with money, you can do anything you like—can't tell black from white (idiom); unable distinguish wrong from right—You can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot. [idiom.]—never put off until tomorrow what you can do today [idiom.]—when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction [idiom.]— |