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Examples:fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison—Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through Alaska and Aleutian islands—start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through—start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through—exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly—When we get the mountain, there'll be a way through and when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current (common saying); fig. Everything will turn out for the best.—Xindian or Hsintian Creek, one of the rivers through Taipei, Taiwan—fig. bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)—the benevolent man cannot be rich and vice versa (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).—go through water and tread on fire (idiom); not afraid of any difficulty—incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble)—protruding nipples or bulging penis (contours of intimate body parts visible through clothing)—the eyes bore through, the belly hungers (idiom); in eager anticipation—Five Dynasties (in different contexts, from mythology through Han and the interregnum between Han and Tang)—think through sth deliberately and methodically (idiom); to rack one's brains—turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles—lie across the railway tracks (to commit suicide or to prevent trains from getting through)—fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness—old tea-horse road or southern Silk Road, dating back 6th century, from Tibet and Sichuan through Yunnan and Southeast Asia, reaching to Bhutan, Sikkim, India and beyond—invigorate the country through science and education—the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through—build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts—Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan—reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue—tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used describe tall mountain or skyscraper—sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice [idiom.]—compensate for lack of ability through hard work [idiom.]—build up the country through thrift and hard work [idiom.]— |