| 释义 |
Examples:cut off the left ear of the slain—cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch—see the ox already cut up into joints (idiom); extremely skilled—cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed)—cut the ribbon (at an opening)—cut off the flesh as punishment—cut or smash the kneecaps as corporal punishment—chunks obtained by repeatedly cutting a vegetable diagonally and rotating the vegetable after each cut—lit. a short-cut crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner—eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure—lit. break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat—be cut off from the rest of the world [idiom.]— |