| 释义 |
Examples:the storm put strong grass the test (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister—lit. respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven—Mongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times—show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances—a kind of metal or jade ornament worn in ancient times ward off evil spirits—Luoyang prefecture level city in Henan, an old capital from pre-Han times—customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners—reception room for officials (in former times)—the storm put strong grass the test, fire tests true gold (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister—lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times—defy the times and reject custom (idiom); in breach of current conventions—near ancient history (often taken mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times)—lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly—official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times)—reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); err is human—(in former times) banknote with a value in silver—(in former times) bind one's hair on coming of age—sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)—prefectural magistrate (during Tang Qing times)—Nanzhao, 8th and 9th century kingdom in Yunnan, at times allied with Tang against Tibetan Tubo pressure—(in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family—Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years—Nikkei Shimbun, Japanese equivalent of Financial Times—(of officials in imperial times) the highest rank—pay bride-price (payment to the bride's family in former times)—lit. rising winds, scudding clouds (idiom); turbulent times—pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used)—in Qing times, refers Western technology, esp. military and naval know-how—a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down the times of Confucius—(in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force—the ancestor of the long zither family, dating back pre-classical times (playing it was an essential accomplishment of a Confucian gentleman)—family of a functionary (i.e. educated middle class in Qing times)—Financial Times stock exchange index (FTSE 100 or footsie)—diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations—Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song—Deng Yaping (1973-), table tennis player, several times world and Olympic winner—sealed ribbon fastening correspondence (in former times)—promote (to official position in former times)—(in former times) upper, middle and lower army—Mawei naval base at Fuzhou city (in Qing times)—ration merchandise (esp. food in times of shortages)—fig. (of farmers in ancient times) be good-hearted and honest—(in ancient times) no direct contact between men and women—common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory—time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!—honorific title during Tang Qing times, approx. "Glorious grand master"—warlords vying for supremacy (in former times)—colloquial classifier for number of times of movement from one place to another or number of turns, times, occasions.—remain puzzled after pondering over sth. a hundred times—classifier for the number of repetitions of an action e.g. reading a book twice or three times—lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood [idiom.]—classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal—the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later—Fall inthe moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.—holding two or more (official) posts at the same time—Nicodemus, prominent Jew of the time of Christ, mentioned in the Gospel of John—born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. complain about one's fate)—double happiness cakes, pastries offered by a man his fiancée's family at the time of their engagement—beat time with a percussion instrument made of pottery—sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)—the corresponding time period (in a different year etc)—hold two contradictory views at the same time—Zhang Taiyan (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution—undertake to perform work within a time limit and according to specifications—twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian time-keeping and astronomy—lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing—a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy—become more resolute with the passing of time [idiom.]— |