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how adverb—何 adv (almost always used) ()how conjunction—如何 conj (almost always used) ()Examples:(cf Book of Songs) How fashion an ax handle? You need an ax—one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom); small beginnings show how things will develop—The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).—how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself)—How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.—without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules—know how to get on in the world—consider (the best move, how to find a way etc)—lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?—rendering (visual representation of how things will turn out)—estimate how much food is required for a meal—have difficulty remembering how to write Chinese characters—in Qing times, refers Western technology, esp. military and naval know-how—show sb how to get to the right path—any-old-how, regardless of the specific task—lit. ask passers-by how build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do—epistemology (in philosophy, the theory of how we know things)—a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies!—age of wine (i.e. how long it has been matured)—not know how to use things sparingly—time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!—Knowledge is not innate man, how can we overcome doubt?—the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!—fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?—figure out how to do something—go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path [idiom.]—the heart desperately wants understand how to do sth but cannot [idiom.]—understand sth. well and know how to use it—know how to be economical [idiom.]— |