| 单词 | 90 and the 9 |
| 释义 | Examples:China and the West—中西 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion—翻天覆地 cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike—牛骥同皂 • 牛骥同槽 lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other—鱼与熊掌 Kingstown, capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines—京斯敦 the beasts of the field and the birds of the air—飞禽走兽 the sick and the wounded—伤病员 the warbler sings and the swallow dances—莺歌燕舞 the wolf runs and the wild boar rushes (idiom); crowds of evil-doers mill around like wild beasts—狼奔豕突 respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good—敬老尊贤 a carrying pole and the loads on it—担子 lit. let the big cup fly and the small cup walk—飞觥走斝 a clash between the police and the people—警民冲突 the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China—中苏解决悬案大纲协定 lit. pull one hair and the whole body moves—牵一发而动全身 animosity or resentment towards three groups (the bureaucrats, the wealthy, and the police) due perceived abuse of power—三仇 the tissue between the skin and the flesh—腠 we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)—咱们 choroid (vascular layer of the eyeball between the retina and the sclera)—脉络膜 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, composer of 6 symphonies and the opera Eugene Onegin—柴科夫斯基 Theravada, the primary Buddhism, as spread Sri Lanka and South-East Asia—上座部 favorable geographical and social conditions (idiom); good location and the people satisfied—地利人和 elegant, almond-shaped eyes with the inner canthus pointing down and the outer canthus up, like the eye of a phoenix—凤眼 Five Dynasties (in different contexts, from mythology through Han and the interregnum between Han and Tang)—五代 Hispaniola (Caribbean island including Haiti and the Dominican Republic)—伊斯帕尼奥拉 Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed in240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical—龙龛手鉴 appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity—任贤使能 the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods—春秋战国 sun, moon and the five visible planets—日月五星 name for the silver coin and the main currency in Bohemia from 16th-18th century—托拉尔 Dutch studies (study of Europe and the world in premodern Japan)—兰学 Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945—太平洋战争 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow—拔茅茹 where the wind and the waves are the fiercest—风口浪尖 lit. fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom); fig. needless fears—前怕狼后怕虎 the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken—鸡飞蛋打 rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies—山珍海错 Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty—武昌起义 Cyrus the Great (ca. 600-530 BC), the founder of the Persian Empire and the conqueror of Babylon—居鲁士大帝 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people [idiom.]—侯门似海 the country weakened and the people empoverished [idiom.]—国弱民穷 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Tw)—圣文森及格瑞那丁 One careless move and the whole game is lost. [idiom.]—一着不慎，满盘皆输 lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers—成千上万 speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions—振振有辞 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it—鸡犬升天 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)—余响绕梁 Gabriel Mouton (1618-1694), French clergyman and scientist, pioneer of the metric system—穆通 Wen Zhong (-467 BC), adviser the state of Yue during Spring and Autumn period—文种 Shi Lang (1621-1696), Chinese admiral who served under the Ming and Qing Dynasties—施琅 (old) visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)—游说 the Ma clique of warlords in Gansu and Ningxia during the 1930s and 1940s—马家军 a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)—变文 Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party—李大钊 kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)—三跪九叩 Sun Ce (175-200), general and major warlord of the Later Han Dynasty—孙策 ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs—鬲 Warren Buffett (1930-), the Sage of Omaha, US investor and philanthropist, principal owner of holding company Berkshire Hathaway—沃伦・巴菲特 leave office for a high and distant place (idiom); to retire and place oneself above the fray—高举远蹈 Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition—托马斯・阿奎纳 the three Punic wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage—布匿战争 classifier for long, narrow, flexible objects such as fish, dogs, pants; for roads and rivers; for human lives; in the expression: one heart, meaning working together for a common goal—条 lit. breakfast in the morning and supper in the evening [idiom.]—朝饔夕飧 See also:so and so—云云 the 1970s—七十年代 the 1960s—六十年代 and conj —和 conj • 及 conj • 以及 conj • 并 conj • 与 conj • 而 conj • 及其 conj • 且 conj • 载 conj • 而且 conj • 暨 conj so-and-so—某某 |
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