| 释义 |
Examples:lit. order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture—the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard—mogote (steep-sided pointed hill in karst landform)—pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)—lit. use others' strengths make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)—Cape San Diego or Santiao, easternmost point of Taiwan Island—Cape Eluanpi or Eluanbi, southernmost point of Taiwan Island—face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun)—"eight wind points", name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot—Cape Fukuei, the northernmost point of Taiwan Island—long handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade—lit. a notch on the side of a boat locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances—Cape Ras Hafun, Somalia, the easternmost point in Africa—place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han—discard four, but treat five as whole (of decimal points)—elegant, almond-shaped eyes with the inner canthus pointing down and the outer canthus up, like the eye of a phoenix—stop-loss point, a point at which you make a small loss limit your losses—pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing—lit. look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom); to search out one's opponent's weak points—chord (straight line joining two points on a curve)—point out mistakes or weak points for correction—concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials—five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat—join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points—incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text inclauses at wrong point—one's special ability or strong points—fig. point at the chicken while scolding the dog [idiom.]—no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens [idiom.]—concentrate on trivial points while neglecting the main problem [idiom.]— |