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more adverb—更 adv (often used) 多 adv 更多 adv 更加 adv Examples:peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)—lit. want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects); more haste, less speed—harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good—xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom—(in the Romanization of Chinese) write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)—competitive election (i.e. with more than one candidate)—revise one or more editions of a text using an authoritative edition as a source book—a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold—lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get—holding two or more (official) posts at the same time—dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)—"a slave certificates", sb who does one's utmost to obtain as many certificates as possible so to be more employable—lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns have influence—more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience—pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands—variant pronunciation (when the same character has more than one reading)—Chinese word made up of three or more characters—becoming more prosperous with each passing day—folk song from Wu or from south China more generally—lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells—fig. adding details while telling a story (make it more interesting)—(literary) be promoted more than one grade or rank at a time—abler people do more work (idiom); It is because you are so capable that we (or they) leave everything you.—lit. swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities—lit. change more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)—Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)—the name does not reflect the reality (idiom); more in name than in fact—mafic rock (with less silicon and more magnesium, iron etc)—saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda [idiom.]—step aside and give a more worthy person a chance [idiom.]—write no more because others write so much better [idiom.]—a sly individual has more than one plan fall back on [idiom.]— |