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Examples:It is better travel hopefully than to arrive.—General Than Shwe (1933-), Myanmar army officer and politician, president of Myanmar (Burma) from 1992—harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good—compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees—better have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option—be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)—the benevolent man cannot be rich and vice versa (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).—fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice—ornately printed book meant as a collectors item rather than for reading (synonymous with corruption)—fig. inciting people action is more effective than dispatching orders—(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy—literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character—more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience—Explaining in words is not as good as teaching by example (idiom). Action speaks louder than words.—more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth—fall short of the best but be better than the worst—the benevolent man cannot be rich (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).—lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); gossip about the neighbors—the rich man cannot be benevolent (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).—daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher—(of one's political views) prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)—treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb)—pronunciation of a character other than the standard—seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others—travel organized by oneself rather than in a tour group—"infusion clan", patients who prefer medication by drip rather than orally or by injection etc—seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else—inequality sign (i.e. not equal, ≠ or greater than >, or less than <)—seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others—a concavity (lower than the surrounding area)—(literary) be promoted more than one grade or rank at a time—religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists)—alicyclic hydrocarbon (i.e. involving ring other than benzene ring)—it's easier invite the devil in than to send him away—(in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants—It is better squash enmity rather than keeping it alive (proverb)—the name does not reflect the reality (idiom); more in name than in fact—(particle used for comparison and "-er than") prep—it's better hurry at the start than to rush later [idiom.]— |