| 释义 |
Examples:(live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss—(do a manual task) until one's hands go limp with exhaustion—lit. settling accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom); wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts—Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911—lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom); the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop—title of the temporary position in the Hanlin Academy, conferred meritorious candidates until the next examination—lit. not have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed—until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life—(until WWII) Königsberg, capital of East Prussia on the Baltic—Malay Peninsula (possibly including Indonesia until 1945)—Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake)—(preceded by a clause of condition or reason) not until—overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long—King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant—Cai Dongfan (1877-1945), historian, author of popular general history texts up until his own time—fig. refuse be convinced until one is faced with grim reality—(in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century 1919)—persevere unremittingly (idiom); to keep going until the end—read and re-read sth until one is familiar with it—fig. hesitate to do sth until forced to do even more—believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.—modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th early 20th century)—Goran Hadžić (1958-), Croatian Serb leader until 1994, indicted war criminal—single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated)—Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty—delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves [idiom.]—lit. not stop until one reaches the Yellow River [idiom.]—no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens [idiom.]—lit. not shed a tear until one sees the coffin [idiom.]—you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare [idiom.]—never put off until tomorrow what you can do today [idiom.]— |