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whole adjective—整 adj (often used) ()全 adj ()一 adj ()全部 adj ()Examples:lit. inquire of the tripods (idiom); fig. to plan to seize power of the whole country—lit. fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere—focus attention on one phrase without regard to the meaning of the whole piece—the whole course of an event from beginning end—spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)—the whole country, from the leadership the rank and file—bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life—give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country—lit. stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book—Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan—until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life—the philosophy of materialism, doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality—original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. unmask and expose the whole truth—Gestalt psychology (concerned with treating a subject as a coherent whole)—exercise sole hegemony (idiom); to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc)—real face fully revealed (idiom); fig. unmask and expose the whole truth—formidable renown gives one authority over the whole country—the whole truth is revealed (idiom); everything becomes clear—lit. rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world—swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically—lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole—fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed—One careless move and the whole game is lost. [idiom.]—classifier for gifts; newspaper, magazine, documents etc. as a whole; for a complete menu of food.—the whole year must be planned for in the spring [idiom.]— |