| 释义 |
Examples:make up for a deficiency—lit. use others' strengths make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)—seal up (for safe keeping)—loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument—make up for what is lacking—make up for one's misdeeds—area of land opened up for cultivation—sign up for an examination—make up for an earlier mistake—gang up for personal interest [idiom.]—the gains do not make up for the losses [idiom.]—open up land (for agriculture)—lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter)—open up (for development)—roll up one's sleeves for battle—roll up one's sleeves for action—north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution—bundle up (one's possessions for a journey)—open up a port for trade—dress up in disguise (idiom); to pretend for the purpose of deceit—(of parents) bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age—see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth—give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius); to choose honor over life—give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically—draw up the theme (for discussion)—look-up table for Chinese character based on radical and stroke-count—a cage (for locking up prisoners)—show up on time for work—pull up seedlings (for transplanting)—write for a bit then give up—"break-up agent", person who acts for sb. who wishes terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so— |