Chinese to English Dictionary (1-5 of 392)
- 争执不下(爭執不下)
- [zhēngzhíbúxià]
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each stands (or holds) his ground; each sticks to his own stand; each sticks to his guns
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- 扁担星(扁擔星)
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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(署名權)
- [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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- 狗不嫌家贫, 儿不嫌母丑(狗不嫌家貧,,兒不嫌母醜)
- [gǒu bù xián jiāpín , ér bù xián mǔchǒu]
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- 1. Don't despise something or someone that is close to you.
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A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance.
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- 他把对家乡的热爱和思念诉诸笔端。
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He expresses both his love for his hometown, and his homesickness in his writings.
- 提升以后,他就跟原来的同事们摆谱儿了。
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After his promotion, he began to throw his weight about (or put on airs) before his former colleagues.
- 老板尽可能地避开他的前妻,生怕她揭老底儿。
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The boss goes out of his way to avoid his ex-wife for fear that she might disclose his unsavoury past.
- 他以文才著称,虽然脾气有些古怪,但无伤大雅。
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His claim to fame rests on His literary talents. His eccentric behaviour is considered immaterial.
- 他的初心是好的,只是方法有问题。
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His original intentions were good, his problems were in his methods.
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