| 释义 |
Examples:analyze dreams (for fortune-telling)—folk art consisting of story-telling music—fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters—birthdate characters used in fortune-telling—fortune telling based on the subject's face—traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment—Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling—fig. adding details while telling a story (make it more interesting)—Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.—tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion—lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters—tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features—fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.—Caesarea (town in Israel, between Tel Aviv and Haifa)—the dead cannot testify (idiom); dead men tell no tales—Take what you hear be false, only believe it when you see it (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.—believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.—can't tell black from white (idiom); unable distinguish wrong from right—unable tell good from bad [idiom.]— |