释义 |
Examples:United Front Work Department of CPC Central Committee (UFWD)—beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another—invert (upside-down, inside-out, back-to-front, white to black etc)—phoattached to the front of a hearse in a funeral procession—lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor—lit. kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others—I (self-deprecatory, in front of elders) (old)—anterior chamber (the front chamber of the eye)—First United Front between Guomindang and Communist party, 1923-1927—pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together—Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928-), French Front National extreme right-wing politician—lit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing pride or moral integrity)—marble pillar (ornamental column in front of places, tombs)—lit. fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom); fig. needless fears—Yongdingmen, front gate of the outer section of Beijing's old city wall, torn down in the 1950s and reconstructed in 2005—the wrong way round (back-to-front, inside out etc)— |