| 释义 |
greater adjective (comparative)—Examples:Greater Antilles, Caribbean archipelago—Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), area of economic cooperation between China and Vietnam—no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices—measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1)—eighties, nineties, or greater (of age)—stepping-stone greater power or higher rank—serve as a background in order to bring out the subject with greater brilliance—Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), economic cooperation program between China and Vietnam—inequality sign (i.e. not equal, ≠ or greater than >, or less than <)—cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike—Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC) mythical leader who tamed the floods—narrow one's eyes and gaze at something with great attention—only remaining of the great (idiom); one of the few greats extant—treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers—fortresses and mountains (along the Great Wall)—lit. it takes a long time make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly—Great European Scholar (honorific title of Matteo Ricci)—old horse sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations—great bitterness, deep hatred (idiom); deeply ingrained long-standing resentment—the Great Bend of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia—old steed sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations—lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. get over difficulties before reaching the goal—forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom); fig. great quantity of talent—sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)—(of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather—An ant hole causing the collapse of a great dike.—person or state having great power and influence—Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, the Great Strength Bodhisattva—defensive gate or wall (refers the Great Wall)—with great prospects for the future (idiom); well worth doing—New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy deal with the Great Depression)—lit. set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great)—A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship.—play mahjong (lit. to build the great wall) (colloquial)—Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician—fig. attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it—lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? [idiom.]— |