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Listen- of do
- Direct Inward Dialing，直接拨入
Chinese to English Dictionary (1-5 of 13)
- today right, yesterday wrong (i.e. what I do today is right, what I did yesterday was wrong; said of repentance and reformation)
- After economic reform, instead of turning in their profits to the state as they did under the planned economic system, enterprises only need to pay tax to the government now.
- make three calls at the thatched cottage (as Liu Bei did when he sought the aid of Zhuge Liang, a master strategist then living in seclusion)—repeatedly request somebody to take up a responsible post
- 吃闭门羹
- [chībìméngēng]
- From the tale of a famous prostitute in the Tang dynasty who would serve the men she did not want to sleep with soup and send them away: used to describe a situation where a guest is not welcome; or where the host is away when the visitor comes.
- 几曾
- [jǐcéng]
- When; used in rhetorical tone to describe things that did not happen.
Examples (1-5 of 831)
- Let's say that he did not do that, then who did?
- 如果说这不是他干的，那是谁干的？ → say
- the applicant did his worst at the test because he did not want the job → worst
- He's the one who did it, all right.
- 他的确是干此事的人。 → all right
- Did the Vikings anticipate Columbus in discovering America?
- 是维金人先于哥伦布发现新大陆的吗? → America
- I don't care what you did.
- 你干什么我不在乎。 → care
