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Change log entry 34634
Processed by: ycandau (2011-04-06 17:21:59 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 32736 - submitted by 'ycandau' >>
1. the comma makes it gibberish
2. it's not "a thousand fingers", it's "a thousand persons pointing"
指 = verb, not noun
Diff:
- 橫眉冷對,千夫指 横眉冷对,千夫指 [heng2 mei2 leng3 dui4 , qian1 fu1 zhi3] /to face a thousand fingers with a cool scowl (modern idiom); to treat with disdain/to defy/
+ 橫眉冷對千夫指 横眉冷对千夫指 [heng2 mei2 leng3 dui4 qian1 fu1 zhi3] /to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun)/to treat with disdain/to defy/
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