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Examples:fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison—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—lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation—relieve oedema through purging or diuresis (Chinese medicine)—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.—fig. bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)—from the cradle the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water—incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble)—lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); push through shoving and bumping—Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.—crow foot (system of ropes through tackle hold up an awning)—(of male friends) have been through thick and thin together—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—don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through the end—Great Canyon of Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra (through the southeast Himalayas, from Tibet Assam and Bangladesh)—fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness—one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb)—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—lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)—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—build up one's health (through exercise, nutrition etc)— |