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| Processed by: | ycandau (2016-06-21 22:12:35 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 58237 - submitted by 'ycandau' >> the kind of glosses (mostly out of dicts, themselves translating Ch dicts) that sound like empty words, especially the first one. Whats is "just" ? What is "honorable"? 1. Ch defs are all copied from one another, like 胸懷坦白，言行正派。 or 原指明白不偏邪。现多指心怀坦白，言行正派。 mostly saying a person is not hiding anything and behaving correctly. M example 《西遊記．第三七回》：「我本是個光明正大之僧，奉東土大唐旨意，上西天拜佛求經者。」 probably means he is an honorable person, he is not up to any tricks. 2. lots of example of use as "playing fair", "above board" 3. some examples from dicts are at odds with their defs (they don't seem to mind...) 曹禺《雷雨》第四幕：“這件事我以為光明正大，我可以跟任何人談。” (it's about a situation, not a person; and obviously it means it is (or it can be brought) out in the open) 为什么要打要杀,而且又不敢光明正大的来打来杀,而偷偷摸摸的来暗杀!――《最后一次讲演》 (why doesn't he openly come for me?) I think I can easily find other examples where it means "for everyone to see": 既然这已经不是什么秘密了，那何不就光明正大的甩出来 妇女能否光明正大地去消费男色？ 4. significant J examples: We play fair with him if he plays fair with us. 如果他光明正大地对待我们，我们也就光明正大地对待他。 He behaved honestly, and like a man. 他的行为光明正大，象一个君子。 I believe one has to play the game-but that' s ethics. 我认为一个人必须光明正大――不过这是伦理学了。 When he couldn't get what he wanted openly and honestly, he resorted to low cunning. 他用光明正大的方法得不到的东西, 就采取卑鄙的欺诈手段. "I'm thirty," I said. "I'm five years too old to lie to myself and call it honor." “我三十岁了，”我说，“要是我年轻五岁，也许我还可以欺骗自己，说这样做光明正大。” Why didn't you come up the stairs openly instead of skulking about like a thief, hiding halfway up the stairs and listening in? 为什么不光明正大上楼呀？ 偷偷摸摸像个贼，躲在半楼梯偷听人说话。 |
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- 光明正大 光明正大 [guang1 ming2 zheng4 da4] /just and honorable/open and aboveboard/without tricks (idiom)/ + 光明正大 光明正大 [guang1 ming2 zheng4 da4] /(of a person) honorable/not devious/(of a behavior) fair and aboveboard/without tricks/openly/(of a situation) out in the open/ |