| 释义 |
Examples:(used in an ancient given name)—(used in female given names) (old)—Formosa (from Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Isle", the name given Taiwan Island by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544)—lit. give medicine to a dead horse (idiom); fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation—typical weather in a given season—fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given the local commander in a brocade bag)—give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country—Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts women for their companionship and sexual favors—(used in female given names)—courtesy or style name traditionally given males aged 20 in dynastic China—be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter [idiom.]— |