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Examples:eat and drink as much as one likes—Each has his likes and dislikes (idiom). There is no accounting for tastes.—similar things come together (idiom); like draws like—make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates—lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.)—lit. work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard—everyone has their likes and dislikes—have well-defined likes and dislikes—lit. white cogon flower like fire (idiom); fig. a mighty army like wildfire—one who has a little knowledge likes show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest—having likes and dislikes—lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter)—cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously—sweating like rain (idiom); perspire profusely—imperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage)—It feels like we have known each other all along.—Study is like rowing upstream: no advance is drop back—troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse—like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful—character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English)—sloping eyebrows, formed like character for "eight"—pleasantly surprised like mad (idiom); capering madly with joy—oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc—dragon's vein, terrain that looks like a dragon—live like the immortals (advertising real estate)—lit. like a moth flying inthe fire (idiom); fig. to choose a path to certain destruction—lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea—lit. like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old—winding road (twisting and turning like a sheep's intestine)—lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it—like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety—tamarind (Tamarindus indica) tropical tree with bean-like fruit—ancient spear-like weapon, decorated with a red tassel—Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche)—the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom)—a man who is never content is like a snake trying swallow an elephant [idiom.]—cyanide radical -CN, stable triple bond with chemical properties like halogens—classifier for groups of domesticated animals like pigs, cows; hair (only with modifier)—withdraw from society and live like a hermit [idiom.]—lit. like stepping on a tiger's tail or spring ice [idiom.]— |