释义 |
Examples:engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom); remember a benefactor as long as one lives—It takes ten years nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.—climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey—long-lived people, rich harvests (idiom); stable and affluent society—long boots (covering feet, legs and lower abdomen)—hate to leave a place where one has lived long—continue to discuss a poem over a long period—He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution—Guo Xiaochuan (1919-1976), PRC communist poet, hero in the war with Japan, died after long persecution during Cultural Revolution—general term for milk packaged for the consumer, including long-life (UHT) milk, pasteurized milk and reconstituted milk—Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March—lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets the point—booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi Qian Long emperors)—high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching—metacarpal bone (long bones in the hand and feet)—spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision—start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy express succinctly—age of wine (i.e. how long it has been matured)—lit. hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life—lit. I've admired you for a long time (honorific).—bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering—Zhengguo canal, a 150 km long irrigation canal in Shaanxi built in 264 BC—one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature—classifier for most long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, bananas, guitar strings, animal tails, fingers etc.—classifier for long, narrow, flexible objects such as fish, dogs, pants; for roads and rivers; for human lives; in the expression: one heart, meaning working together for a common goal— |