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The sauce is better than the fish.
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

The sauce is better than the fish.
  1. 1. 酱油比鱼好;喧宾夺主(如图画比内容更好的书籍)。

Examples

The caterpillar is the larva of the butterfly, the tadpole is the larva of the frog.
毛虫是蝴蝶的幼虫;蝌蚪是青蛙的幼体。 caterpillar
The Chinese mainland faces the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea on the east and south.
中国大陆的东部和南部濒临的海域有渤海,黄海,东海和南海。
The People's Republic of China is situated in the eastern part of the Asian continent on the western coast of the Pacific.
中华人民共和国位于亚洲东部、太平洋西岸。
In the movie, the man was thirsty for the blood of the boss.
电影里那个男人非常希望能杀了自己的老板。 thirsty
A sentence is in the active form when the action stated by the verb is performed by the subject.
如果动词描述的动作是由主语发出的,这句话就是主动语态。 active
As I was smoking near the window, the wind blew away all the ash around the room.
我在窗边吸烟时,风吹走了屋子里所有的烟灰。 ash
The smell of the coffee was borne into the house with the wind.
一阵风吹来,把咖啡的香甜吹进了屋子。 bear
Today is the second year anniversary of the beginning of the cooperation between the two countries.
今天是两国开始合作的两周年纪念日。 beginning
The American Midwest is commonly referred to as the Bible belt of America because of the high population of Christians living in the area.
美国中西部通常被称为圣经地带,因为在那儿居住着很多基督徒。 belt
When the teacher read the names in the list, Clair didn't answer the call.
老师点名时,克莱尔没有喊到。 answer

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