| Change log entry 5332 | |
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| Processed by: | miles (2008-08-23 23:11:24 UTC) |
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- 不遑多讓 不遑多让 [bu4 huang2 duo1 rang4] /(expr.) not to be outdone by/no worse than/in no way conceding to/lit. no time to concede much/ + 不遑多讓 不遑多让 [bu4 huang2 duo1 rang4] /lit. no time to concede much/not outdone by/not inferior in any respect/in no way conceding to/ + 未遑多讓 未遑多让 [bu4 huang2 duo1 rang4] /lit. no time to concede much/not outdone by/not inferior in any respect/in no way conceding to/ + 毫不遜色 毫不逊色 [hao2 bu4 xun4 se4] /not inferior in any respect/ - 臥薪嚐膽 卧薪尝胆 [wo4 xin1 chang2 dan3] /(expr.) lit. lying on firewood, tasting gall (成语 saw); fig. to suffer patiently while firmly resolved on revenge/ + 臥薪嚐膽 卧薪尝胆 [wo4 xin1 chang2 dan3] /lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (成语 saw); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge/ - 飽漢不知餓漢飢 饱汉不知饿汉饥 [bao3 han4 bu4 zhi1 e4 han4 ji1] /expr.: those who have plenty cannot understand how the suffering of others/ + 飽漢不知餓漢飢 饱汉不知饿汉饥 [bao3 han4 bu4 zhi1 e4 han4 ji1] /The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (成语 saw)./ + 飽人不知餓人飢 饱人不知饿人饥 [bao3 ren2 bu4 zhi1 e4 ren2 ji1] /The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (成语 saw)./ - 身在福中不知福 身在福中不知福 [shen1 zai4 fu2 zhong1 bu4 zhi1 fu2] /(expr.) not to know how lucky you are/living in plenty but still not satisfied/poor little rich girl/ + 身在福中不知福 身在福中不知福 [shen1 zai4 fu2 zhong1 bu4 zhi1 fu2] /to live in plenty without appreciating it (成语 saw); not to know when one is well off/ - 惹火燒身 惹火烧身 [re3 huo3 shao1 shen1] /stir up fire and get burnt (expr.)/get one's fingers burnt/ + 惹火燒身 惹火烧身 [re3 huo3 shao1 shen1] /stir up the fire and you get burnt (成语 saw); to get one's fingers burnt/fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling/ + 蟲白蠟 虫白蜡 [chong2 bai2 la4] /white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)/ + 蟲蠟 虫蜡 [chong2 la4] /white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)/ + 白蠟蟲 白蜡虫 [bai2 la4 chong2] /Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)/ + 蠟蟲 蜡虫 [la4 chong2] /Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)/ + 白蠟樹 白蜡树 [bai2 la4 shu4] /Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in traditional Chinese medicine/ + 鑞 镴 [la4] /solder/tin/ + 白鑞 白镴 [bai2 la4] /pewter/solder/ + 銀樣鑞槍頭 银样镴枪头 [yin2 yang4 la4 qiang1 tou2] /silvery spear point actually made of pewter (成语 saw); fig. worthless despite an attractive exterior/ - 夾竹桃 夹竹桃 [jia1 zhu2 tao2] /Nerium indicum/oleander/ + 夾竹桃 夹竹桃 [jia1 zhu2 tao2] /oleander (Nerium indicum)/ + 蜜蠟 蜜蜡 [mi4 la4] /beeswax/ + 倒吊蠟燭 倒吊蜡烛 [dao4 diao4 la4 zhu2] /Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)/ |