| 释义 |
from preposition—由 adv ()于 adv ()自 prep ()Examples:goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.—the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story—one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. work for a bit then skimp—François Hollande (1954-), French Socialist politician, President from 2012—xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom—gambier extract (from Uncaria gambir), used in TCM—fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was—planchette writing (for taking dictation from beyond the grave)—knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")—betel nut beauty: a skimpily-dressed, attractive girl who sells betel nut from a glass-walled roadside booth (Taiwan)—stay away from the filth and unrest of the world—(in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family—geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and straight line from center of the earth)—(indicates continuation from the past towards us)—pass on doctrines from master to disciple (Buddhism)—writing style in which the main subject is approached directly from the outset—want stop but can't (idiom, from Analects); find it impossible to give up—act from inside in coordination with attackers outside—butter sculpture (Tibetan art form using paint derived from milk products)—ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister from 2008—request permission to resign from an official position (old)—faint from stress (during exam, on stage etc)—seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others—digestive fluids rising from stomach the mouth—A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)—move the tiger from the mountain (idiom); to lure an opponent out by a stratagem—offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc—Irtysh River, flowing from southwest Altai in Xinjiang through Kazakhstan and Siberia the Arctic Ocean—deliver all living creatures from difficulty [idiom.]—fig. benefit from association with sb. or sth.—suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding -ness or -ity— |