| 释义 |
Examples:lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern the letter—lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention detail—lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom); fig. the student becomes superior the master—travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books—teaching by example beats explaining in words [idiom.]—beat the snake death or it will cause endless calamity (common saying); nip the problem in the bud—beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat—beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another—beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat—knock out (i.e. to beat in a knock-out tournament)—hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one—strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique—lit. beat the grass scare the snake—beat time with a percussion instrument made of pottery—two hearts beat as one (idiom); a kindred spirit—lit. on the beat, move apart; fig. break-up (of marriage or business partners)—war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government—lit. on the beat, together now (idiom); Start dancing!— |