| 释义 |
Examples:Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.—a tiny lapse can lead a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses—You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.—you can run this time, but you'll have come back—lit. say grapes are sour when you can't eat them—can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready give and take—lit. foster an ulcer and bequeath a calamity (idiom); tolerating budding evil can only lead to disaster—the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant—lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom); fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism—reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); err is human—If you can't do anything prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.—(posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?—know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)—mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study.—that which can be seen and that which cannot—luteal phase (period in the menstrual cycle when an embryo can implant in the womb)—If one man holds the pass, ten thousand cannot pass (idiom); One man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies—faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right—unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave (idiom); sth not be taken too seriously—you can lead a horse water but you can't make him drink—absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard—lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed—glue something lightly enough that it can be removed later—the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing see to the broad horizon—the state of moisture in the soil (and whether it can support a crop)—the best thing one can do in the circumstances—lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit [idiom.]—when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction [idiom.]—never put off until tomorrow what you can do today [idiom.]—the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him [idiom.]— |