| 释义 |
Examples:rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray—lit. say grapes are sour when you can't eat them—advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible—boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored)—lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment—The good things in life are worth waiting for—old habits are hard change (idiom); It is hard to throw off ingrained habits.—(may also refer other products that are of benefit to old people, such as padded cloth shoes, mobility tricycle etc)—"urban dependence disease" (sufferers are unwilling give up city comforts and return to the countryside)—be among (those who are in a particular group)—Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).—particle signaling a pause, emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?")—jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.—strangers are first meeting, but soon friends—lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. get rid of sb once he has served his purpose—fig. family ties are closer than social relations—lit. the weak are prey the strong (idiom); fig. predatory behavior—Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM—fig. one's native place (where one's ancestors are buried)—all the parts are in place, but small scale (Mencius)—source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based—agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable—first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive)—bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning—fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally—lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); gossip about the neighbors—(of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple—(Taiwan) religious ceremony in which offerings are made a deity—young people in their late 20s or older who are still unmarried—the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken—There are no poor soldiers under a good general—city heat island (i.e. large city centers are hotter)—gunpowder tea, Chinese green tea whose leaves are each formed ina small pellet—abler people do more work (idiom); It is because you are so capable that we (or they) leave everything you.—hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service [idiom.]—lit. things are not separated according their size [idiom.]—when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys [idiom.]— |