| 释义 |
Examples:drum tower marking night watches—Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi—tower over a palace gateway (old)—Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc—Tianjin World Financial Center, skyscraper a.k.a. the Tianjin Tower or Jin Tower—Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985—lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. overestimate one's capabilities—sand grains accumulate make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity—Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc—Tower of Babel, in Genesis 11:5-foll.— |