| Change log entry 4900 | |
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| Processed by: | miles (2008-08-02 10:21:31 UTC) |
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- 聖嬰 圣婴 [sheng4 ying1] /Holy Infant (cf. biblical nativity story)/ + 聖嬰 圣婴 [sheng4 ying1] /Holy Infant (cf biblical nativity story)/ - 倒打一耙 倒打一耙 [dao4 da3 yi1 pa2] /lit. to strike with a muck-rake (成语 saw), cf. Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counter-attack/to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)/ + 倒打一耙 倒打一耙 [dao4 da3 yi1 pa2] /lit. to strike with a muck-rake (成语 saw), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counter-attack/to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)/ - 花朝月夕 花朝月夕 [hua1 zhao1 yue4 xi1] /a beautiful day/cf. Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August/ + 花朝月夕 花朝月夕 [hua1 zhao1 yue4 xi1] /a beautiful day/cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August/ - 操斧伐柯 操斧伐柯 [cao1 fu3 fa2 ke1] /(cf. Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax/fig. to follow a principle/fig. to act as match-maker/ + 操斧伐柯 操斧伐柯 [cao1 fu3 fa2 ke1] /(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax/fig. to follow a principle/fig. to act as match-maker/ - 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/ + 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/ - 伐柯 伐柯 [fa2 ke1] /(cf. Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax/fig. to follow a principle/fig. to act as match-maker/ + 伐柯 伐柯 [fa2 ke1] /(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax/fig. to follow a principle/fig. to act as match-maker/ - 曾經滄海 曾经沧海 [ceng2 jing1 cang1 hai3] /lit. once experienced the vast ocean(成语 saw); fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life/cf. to have known the world/ + 曾經滄海 曾经沧海 [ceng2 jing1 cang1 hai3] /lit. once experienced the vast ocean(成语 saw); fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life/cf to have known the world/ - 斷弦 断弦 [duan4 xian2] /widowed; lit. one string short, cf. 琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony/ + 斷弦 断弦 [duan4 xian2] /widowed; lit. one string short, cf 琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony/ - 木骨都束 木骨都束 [Mu4 gu3 du1 shu4] /Chinese name for African kingdom in Somalia, cf. Mogadishu 摩加迪沙/ + 木骨都束 木骨都束 [Mu4 gu3 du1 shu4] /Chinese name for African kingdom in Somalia, cf Mogadishu 摩加迪沙/ |