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Search results for ‘His’

Chinese to English Dictionary (1-5 of 359)

争执不下
[zhēngzhíbúxià]
  • each stands (or holds) his ground; each sticks to his own stand; each sticks to his guns

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扁担星
[biǎndɑnxīnɡ]
  • Common name for the constellation configuration consisting of Altair and two stars of minor magnitude near it; Chinese folklore: Altair, a cow herder, carries his two children with a shoulder pole to his annual meeting with Vega, his children's mother.

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斫鼻
[zhuóbí]
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  • From a tale told by Zhuang Zi where a man has his carpenter friend chop off a tiny piece of chalk on the tip of his nose using an axe that the carpenter wields as fast as the wind without hurting his nose; to describe incredible expertise.

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署名权
[shǔmíngquán]
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  • A kind of copyright, namely the right of the author to put his signature to his works to show his identity.

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[jiào]
  • 1. To toast one's junior at a ceremony celebrating his reaching of adulthood, or at his wedding.
  • 2. To marry (woman).
  • 3. To pray at an altar (Buddhist or Taoist monks).

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他把对家乡的热爱和思念诉诸笔端。
He expresses both his love for his hometown, and his homesickness in his writings. 笔端
提升以后,他就跟原来的同事们摆谱儿了。
After his promotion, he began to throw his weight about (or put on airs) before his former colleagues. 摆谱儿
老板尽可能地避开他的前妻,生怕她揭老底儿。
The boss goes out of his way to avoid his ex-wife for fear that she might disclose his unsavoury past. 揭老底
他以文才著称,虽然脾气有些古怪,但无伤大雅。
His claim to fame rests on His literary talents. His eccentric behaviour is considered immaterial. 无伤大雅
他的初心是好的, 只是方法有问题。
His original intentions were good, his problems were in his methods. 初志