| 释义 |
Examples:man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears—Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite that inhabits the gut—lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic—Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift—Virgo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)—one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom); small beginnings show how things will develop—Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion—fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily—fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied the skin)—Liu Heng (202-157 BC), the fourth Han emperor Han Wendi, reigned 180-157 BC—carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance—Chinese astronomer (281-356) famous for determining the precession of the equinoxes—Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860—support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom); robbing the rich to help the poor—thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong—all the parts are in place, but small scale (Mencius)—geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and straight line from center of the earth)—hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)—7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse—the mid-line between sides on a Chinese chessboard—stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution)—the Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare—Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty—appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity—never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite—Xiao Yang (1938-), President of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008—Satsuma, the name of a former feudal domain in Japan, and of a former province, a battleship, a district, a peninsula etc—White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings—Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty—hitching a ride the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement—the pavilion closest the water enjoys moonlight first [idiom.]—Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)—the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps [idiom.]—lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs [idiom.]—lit. draw a line on the ground to keep within [idiom.]—classifier for people working in the same domain—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—lit. food and medicine come from the same source [idiom.]— |