| 释义 |
Examples:can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready give and take—start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through—"urban dependence disease" (sufferers are unwilling give up city comforts and return to the countryside)—hide the head and show the tail (idiom); to give a partial account—give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country—adopt (pledge to give sb or sth one's special attention or support)—want stop but can't (idiom, from Analects); find it impossible to give up—give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished—give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius); to choose honor over life—give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically—lit. retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength—(of folk artists) give a performance at a temple fair or on the street etc—give one's child the best education as a career investment—give birth a son soon (propitiatory compliment to the newly-weds)—minister not afraid give forthright criticism—give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man fish and you feed him for a lifetime—neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral—distributing money, supporting virtue (idiom); fig. give generously in a public cause—give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor [idiom.]—(lit.) Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave [idiom.]— |