| 释义 |
Examples:unable see the wood for the trees—mistake the part for the whole—(an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)—sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds—a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen—Braille characters (alphabet for the blind)—Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine—traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone—guide dog (for the blind)—for the past several years—(of birds) migrate south for the winter—(classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests)—general term for milk packaged for the consumer, including long-life (UHT) milk, pasteurized milk and reconstituted milk—contributions (for the good of society)—the few are no match for the many—preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push—used for the sound "zha" in certain names—Hundred Flowers Campaign (PRC, 1956-57), in which Mao called for the taboo on discussing mistakes of the CCP be lifted—Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai—from a place known for the product—helping the weak for the sake of justice—war of 1915 against Yuan Shikai and for the Republic—for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); behave altruistically—wish for the stars and the moon—substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior—age when girls start develop feelings for the opposite sex—the Qin army (model for the terracotta warriors)—Democratic alliance for the betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), Hong Kong pro-Beijing party—initial price (e.g. for the first kilometer)—fullness for the bold, famine for the timid [idiom.]—lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best [idiom.]—venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time [idiom.]—put something aside for the time being [idiom.]—make concessions for the sake of future gains [idiom.]—inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect)—a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956—Pingxing pass on the Great Wall near Datong, famous for victory over the Japanese in Sep 1937—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—classifier for people working in the same domain— |