| 释义 |
Examples:facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication—beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another—facing imminent catastrophe—in a position facing the sun—with back the mountain and facing the water (favored location)—facing directly (with one's eyes)—facing the end (idiom); at the end of one's life—facing the water (favored location)—lie to (facing the wind)—facing a powerful enemy (idiom); fig. confronting grave difficulties—four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back—small rooms facing or the side of the main hall or veranda—warm oneself facing the fire—sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism)—fall into difficulty (e.g. facing bankruptcy)—(soccer) facing the goalmouth—knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution—battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution—the part of a house facing the street serving as a store—facing impossible odds [idiom.]—not repent even facing death [idiom.]—a plank road (built on trestles across the face of a cliff)—yellow face, emaciated body (idiom); malnourished and sickly in appearance—fortune-teller who uses the subject's face for his prognostication—please do it for my sake (i.e. save my face)(humble)—Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology—human face, beast's heart (idiom); two-faced—lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. cut off one's nose to spite one's face—adjust one's head and turn one's face (idiom); cosmetic changes—blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage)—keep one's calm in the face of the unexpected—be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek—face covered in smiles (idiom); beaming with happiness—betray anger (idiom); fury written across one's face—stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain)—seize and send (to court, to face punishment)—lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon [idiom.]— |