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Change log entry 5298
Processed by: miles (2008-08-22 11:42:53 UTC)
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+ 口是心非 口是心非 [kou3 shi4 xin1 fei1] /lit. mouth says yes, heart no (成语 saw); duplicity/empty words/
+ 陽奉陰違 阳奉阴违 [yang2 feng4 yin1 wei2] /outward devotion but inner opposition (成语 saw); to pay lip service/to agree overtly, but oppose in secret/
+ 言不由衷 言不由衷 [yan2 bu4 you2 zhong1] /to say sth without meaning it (成语 saw); to speak tongue in cheek/saying one thing but meaning sth different/
+ 表裡不一 表里不一 [biao3 li3 bu4 yi1] /outside appearance and inner reality differ (成语 saw); not what it seems/saying one thing but meaning sth different/
+ 心口不一 心口不一 [xin1 kou3 bu4 yi1] /heart and mouth at variance (成语 saw); keeping one's real intentions to oneself/saying one thing but meaning sth different/
- 華而不實 华而不实 [hua2 er2 bu4 shi2] /flashy/
+ 華而不實 华而不实 [hua2 er2 bu4 shi2] /flower but no fruit (成语 saw); handsome exterior but hollow inside/flashy/
+ 油然而生 油然而生 [you2 ran2 er2 sheng1] /arising involuntarily (成语 saw); spontaneous/to spring up unbidden (of emotion)/
+ 戛然而止 戛然而止 [jia2 ran2 er2 zhi3] /with a grunting sound it stops (成语 saw); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)/
- 背信棄義 背信弃义 [bei4 xin4 qi4 yi4] /to break faith with sb/perfidious/
+ 背信棄義 背信弃义 [bei4 xin4 qi4 yi4] /to break faith and abandon justice (成语 saw); perfidy/treachery/
- 鬼扯腳 鬼扯脚 [gui3 che3 jiao3] /lit. ghost pulls your leg; fig. very unlucky/
+ 鬼扯腳 鬼扯脚 [gui3 che3 jiao3] /lit. ghost pulls your leg; involuntary tug of muscles/fig. very unlucky/fig. argumentative/fig. can't help doing it/
- 鬼扯腿 鬼扯腿 [gui3 che3 tui3] /lit. ghost pulls your leg; fig. argumentative/fig. involuntary tug of muscles/can't help doing it/
+ 鬼扯腿 鬼扯腿 [gui3 che3 tui3] /lit. ghost pulls your leg; involuntary tug of muscles/fig. very unlucky/fig. argumentative/fig. can't help doing it/
- 以弱勝強 以弱胜强 [yi3 ruo4 sheng4 qiang2] /to beat the powerful from a position of weakness/
+ 以弱勝強 以弱胜强 [yi3 ruo4 sheng4 qiang2] /using the weak to defeat the strong (成语 saw); to win from a position of weakness/
+ 以少勝多 以少胜多 [yi3 shao3 sheng4 duo1] /using the few to defeat the many (成语 saw); to win from a position of weakness/
+ 舉不勝舉 举不胜举 [ju3 bu4 sheng4 ju3] /too numerous to list (成语 saw); innumerable/
+ 徒有虛名 徒有虚名 [tu2 you3 xu1 ming2] /with an undeserved reputation (成语 saw); unwarranted fame/nowhere near as good as he's made out to be/
+ 徒有其名 徒有其名 [tu2 you3 qi2 ming2] /with an undeserved reputation (成语 saw); unwarranted fame/nowhere near as good as he's made out to be/
+ 官渡之戰 官渡之战 [Guan1 du4 zhi1 zhan4] /battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操 domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 許昌|许昌[Xu3 chang1] in north Henan)/
+ 分崩離析 分崩离析 [fen1 beng1 li2 xi1] /to collapse and fall apart (成语 saw); to break up/falling to pieces/
+ 奇襲 奇袭 [qi2 xi2] /surprise attack/raid/
+ 豪強 豪强 [hao2 qiang2] /despot/tyrant/bully/
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