| 释义 |
Examples:cutting the Gordian knot—chunks obtained by repeatedly cutting a vegetable diagonally and rotating the vegetable after each cut—cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc)—cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool—commit suicide by cutting one's own throat—penetration of a cutting tool—cutting off the ears as punishment—die (i.e. tool for cutting wire a given diameter)—scratch (damage by cutting)—tape-cutting inaugurate a project—lit. cutting one's stomach hide a pearl [idiom.]—mortise (slot cut inwood to receive a tenon)—cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch—lit. liver and guts cut pieces (idiom); broken hearted—lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. destroy root and branch—lit. feel as if one's intestines have been cut short—fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine—lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. cut off one's nose to spite one's face—lit. never taking a short-cut (idiom); fig. upright and honest—one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); cut a long story short—a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall—see the ox already cut up into joints (idiom); extremely skilled—cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed)—Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken"—lit. a short-cut crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner—sachima, sweet (Manchu) pastry made of fried strips of dough coated with syrup, pressed together, then cut inblocks—eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure—cut one's hair (as part of a minority ritual or in order to become a monk)—military achievement (e.g. number of enemy heads cut off)—(of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc—lit. take meaning from cut segment (idiom); to interpret out of context—lit. break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat—cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient— |