释义 |
Examples:in one ear and out the other—stick one leg over the other (when sitting)—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—push sth too far the other way—compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees—one thing starts where the other leaves off—one closely following the other—try this, that and the other—the king looked left and right and then talked of other things—hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other—shift from one hand to the other—one leg over the other (legs crossed)—the appearance of a mountain, as if two pots were standing one upon the other—six of one and half a dozen of the other—slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession—come one after the other—fig. one is just as bad as the other—be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek—each trying unload responsibilities onto the other—"monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other—lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside—cup one fist in the other hand (as a sign of respect)—(of singers etc) one answering the other—each tries outwit the other—lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb)—the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence—lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods [idiom.]—lit. see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up [idiom.]—traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone—(of the seasons etc) follow each other cyclically— |