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Listen- Temple Fair, initially formed by groups of vendors who did business near temples when many pilgrims came to pay tribute to the gods during traditional festivals; now gradually turning into a regular event, an important and joyful occasion for Chinese people during festivals
- 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.
Examples (1-5 of 241)
- 我怎么样做都不对。
- No matter how I did it, I did it wrong. → 怎么样
- 你去押当干什么， 是不是偷了东西去典当。
- Why Did you go to the pawnshop? Did you steal something and go there to pawn it? → 押当
- 他吧嗒了一下嘴。一声也不言语。
- He smacked his lips but did not utter a word. → 吧嗒
- 她替儿子做作业，反而帮了倒忙。
- She did her son a disservice by doing his homework for him. → 帮倒忙
- 我比你早来一个钟头。
- I came an hour earlier than you did. → 比
