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whole adjective—整 adj (often used) 全 adj 一 adj 全部 adj Examples:lit. inquire of the tripods (idiom); fig. to plan to seize power of the whole country—lit. fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere—spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)—bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life—give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country—technical word used in psychology meaning the whole is more than the sum of its parts—merge together (idiom); to unify disparate elements into one whole—the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity—until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life—discard four, but treat five as whole (of decimal points)—original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. unmask and expose the whole truth—exercise sole hegemony (idiom); to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc)—lit. open one's liver and drip gall (idiom); whole-hearted loyalty—bamboo writing slips in ancient times (joined together form whole scrolls)—the whole nest came out (idiom); turn out in full strength—break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one—execute the whole family unto the third generation—the whole truth is revealed (idiom); everything becomes clear—swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically—lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole—a realistic overall view of the whole situation—fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed—run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business—the whole year must be planned for in the spring [idiom.]—One careless move and the whole game is lost. [idiom.]—classifier for gifts; newspaper, magazine, documents etc. as a whole; for a complete menu of food.— |