| Change log entry 2637 | |
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| Processed by: | miles (2008-02-21 17:57:09 UTC) |
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- 精益求精 精益求精 [jing1 yi4 qiu2 jing1] /(saying) improving and wanting to improve even more/ + 精益求精 精益求精 [jing1 yi4 qiu2 jing1] /to perfect sth that is already outstanding (成语 saw); constantly improving/ - 紙上談兵 纸上谈兵 [zhi3 shang4 tan2 bing1] /lit. military tactics on paper (成语 saw); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice/cf. Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to annihilation at Changping in 260 BC/ + 紙上談兵 纸上谈兵 [zhi3 shang4 tan2 bing1] /lit. military tactics on paper (成语 saw); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice (cf. Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to annihilation at Changping in 260 BC)/an armchair strategist/idle theorizing/ - 盡善盡美 尽善尽美 [jin4 shan4 jin4 mei3] /as good as it gets/ + 盡善盡美 尽善尽美 [jin4 shan4 jin4 mei3] /perfect (成语 saw); perfection/the best of all possible worlds/as good as it gets/ - 使盡 使尽 [shi3 jin4] /(v) exert all one's strength/ + 使盡 使尽 [shi3 jin4] /to exert all one's strength/ - 阿里巴巴 阿里巴巴 [a1 li3 ba1 ba1] /Alibaba, name of character in the Arabian Nights/name of PRC e-commerce company/ + 阿里巴巴 阿里巴巴 [A1 li3 ba1 ba1] /Alibaba, name of character in the Arabian Nights/name of PRC e-commerce company/ - 目不轉睛 目不转睛 [mu4 bu4 zhuan3 jing1] /to look fixedly/ + 目不轉睛 目不转睛 [mu4 bu4 zhuan3 jing1] /unable to take one's eyes off (成语 saw); to gaze steadily/to look fixedly/ - 目中無人 目中无人 [mu4 zhong1 wu2 ren2] /(saying) condescending; cavalier/ + 目中無人 目中无人 [mu4 zhong1 wu2 ren2] /to consider everyone else beneath one (成语 saw); so arrogant that no-one else matters/condescending/to go about with one's nose in the air/ - 翻天覆地 翻天覆地 [fan1 tian1 fu4 di4] /a turn-around/world-shaking/ + 翻天覆地 翻天覆地 [fan1 tian1 fu4 di4] /world-shaking/drastic turn-about/ |