| 释义 |
Examples:definitive conclusion on the coffin lid (idiom); You can only judge a person's merits or demerits after death.—treat only the symptoms but not the root cause—the only proper course take—report only the good news, not the bad news—the only (road, entrance etc)—lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving [idiom.]—beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another—embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only—person who lives only on the material level—The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.—only remaining of the great (idiom); one of the few greats extant—only the official is allowed light the fire—language pledge (speak only the target language in a language school)—know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information—lit. clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble—add firewood put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse—lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. see only a small piece of the big picture—"village-certificated house", residence supposedly only transferable other village residents but often sold on the open market—Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of former Han dynasty)—loosen the reins only to grasp them better—Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, murdered in 1975 after opposing the counter-revolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979—lit. try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it [idiom.]—when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction [idiom.]—Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian [idiom.]—lit. see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up [idiom.]— |