| 释义 |
Examples:To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite the successful execution of a job—well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it—karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)—know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)—the view of a frog in a well (idiom); fig. a narrow view—jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom); fig. to help others at the risk to oneself—having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed—much capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions—Ai Weiwei (1957-), Chinese artist active in architecture, photography, film, as well as cultural criticism and political activism—starts well but ends in separation (of marital relations)—(literary) I trust you have been well since we last met—(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—the Strawberry Generation (Taiwanese term, often sarcastic, for those born between 1980 and 1991, well off and influenced by advertising)—(of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered—elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well prepared forces—put together (usu. things that do not blend well together)—He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).—throw stones at sb. who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down—the families are well-matched in terms of social status [idiom.]—can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud take a low one—It takes ten years nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.—harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good—sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance—good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor—return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school—the eye cannot take it all in (idiom); too many good things see—Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom—bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning—a person of good moral standing and reputation—good Chinese wood-oil tree (Aleurites cordata)—(Buddhism) be moved at the sight of good deeds—for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); behave altruistically—good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")—give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically—a thousand tries leads one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.—fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity—consider oneself as being not as good as the others—wife kids and a warm bed (common saying); the simple and good life—lit. a good horse doesn't come back the same pasture [idiom.]—a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast [idiom.]— |