| Change log entry 97521 | |
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| Processed by: | kbaiko (2026-09-05 03:07:30 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 89341 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> I think "single spear and horse" is correct as a very literal rendering, but not very useful since it's transparent. If we make it slightly less literal, like "armed with only a spear and mounted on a single horse", it's more "helpful", but it becomes rather long, and I'm not sure it's necessary. Maybe just omit the lit part? Also, "unaccompanied" might be better as "on one's own" if the idiom is intended to imply "without assistance". "unaccompanied" often doesn't have a connotation of "unassisted" -- it can be just neutral "not with someone else": "He attended the party unaccompanied." "Unaccompanied children are not allowed in the store." "The old-fashioned thinking is that the man should pay for an unaccompanied woman joining a couple for a meal, but this is 2026." 單槍匹馬在倫敦創辦台通社國際有限公司的張桂越， Chang, who has single-handedly set up Taiwan News International (TNI) in London, 她單槍匹馬走過戰火頻傳、紛亂不斷的中東諸國， |
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- 單槍匹馬 单枪匹马 [[dan1qiang1-pi3ma3]] /(lit.) single spear and horse (idiom)/(fig.) single-handed; unaccompanied/ + 單槍匹馬 单枪匹马 [[dan1qiang1-pi3ma3]] /(idiom) single-handed; on one's own/ |