| 释义 |
Examples:lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation—Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down—passed on from generation generation (idiom); to hand down—holocene system (geological strata laid down during the last 12000 years)—lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them rain—Aleutian islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down Kamtchatka)—extemporaneous thoughts noted down after a visit—court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside-down—raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom); success or failure depends solely on one individual—East Pacific rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California down Antarctica)—grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task—lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation—lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory—transmit a document (up or down a chain of bureaucracy)—lit. pull down the east wall repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient—(old) stones that can be rolled down onan attacking enemy—lit. fettered by fame and locked up by riches (idiom); tied down by reputation and wealth—Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985—shoving false arguments down people's throats—the part of a number which is discarded when rounding down—wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously—lit. rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits—hundred knots of worry in one's intestines (idiom); weighed down with anxiety—(after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)—a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down the times of Confucius—write down (i.e. to decrease the expected value of a loan)—bristles lying down (brush movement in painting)—lit. wind flows, clouds scatter (idiom); the crisis settles down—the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down)—genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand—emphasize down to last detail (idiom); to show every possible consideration—take down from the shelves (e.g. a contaminated product)—up here, down there (idiom); rise and fall in succession—egg rolling (rolling of decorated, hard-boiled eggs down hillsides by children at Easter)—throw stones at sb. who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down—close down a business for good and put the best face on it [idiom.]— |