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Examples:ride to take up an official appointment (idiom); to take on a job with alacrity—Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up late Dec on Gregorian calendar)—word and actions coincide (idiom); live up to one's word—lit. sincerity splits open metal and metal (idiom); if you put your heart it, you can break up metal and rocks—fail to live up to expectations—lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get—making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom); in large numbers—look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on—the “Four Clean-ups” Movement (1963-66), a nationwide movement clean things up in the fields of politics, economy, organization and ideology (historical)—esterase, enzyme that breaks up esters by hydrolysis—live up to expectations [idiom.]—lit. hold up to the skies—cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity—use old friends to climb socially (idiom); to suck up to sb—break up a chemical compound into its elements—lit. late-comer lives above (idiom); the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation—crow foot (system of ropes through tackle hold up an awning)—lit. push up paper prices in Luoyang (idiom); fig. sensational popularity of a new book—lit. dress up as God, play the devil (idiom); fig. mystify—lit. put up a pole and see the shadow (idiom); expect instant results—Huan Xuan (369-404), general involved in the break-up of Eastern Jin—stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); get one's fingers burnt—fig. fail to live up to a boast—bring up to full strength—don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through the end—laborers who carry cargo up and down the mountains on shoulder poles—break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one—round up (a number to a convenient multiple)—too weak stand up to the wind (idiom); extremely delicate—make up the number (i.e. to fill places up to a given number)—open up (to the outside)—bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution—lit. summon demons create havoc (idiom); to stir up trouble with intent of sabotage—look-up table for Chinese character based on radical and stroke-count—line up (to arrange in a straight line)—up here, down there (idiom); rise and fall in succession—benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls—lit. not dare pull oneself up high (humble term)—lit. get up at sunrise and work until sunset (proverb)—North China Incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt set up a puppet government in north China—all sorts of feelings well up in one's heart—the name does not correspond reality (idiom); it doesn't live up to its reputation—curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power—put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb—lit. try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it [idiom.]—"break-up agent", person who acts for sb. who wishes terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so—fail to live up (to expectations)—towering buildings are built up from the ground [idiom.]—many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up sth. big—lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat [idiom.]— |