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| Processed by: | richwarm (2012-08-03 21:58:53 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 41811 - submitted by 'xiaoxiong' >> reworded Editor: Well, there might be all sorts of reasons to lie on the tracks, I suppose, apart from the two given in the definition ... such as electrotherapy! ~ 1) 据悉，“卧轨电疗”其实就是横躺在两条铁轨上，等待列车接近时发出的电流穿过身体，以此达到治病的目的 2) 卧轨治病的村民对呼啸而过的火车充耳不闻。 3) 印尼流行"卧轨电疗" 没钱看病就去卧轨 It seems that lexicographers can't resist including at least one explanation for why someone might want to 卧轨 :-) N says (为阻止火车运行或企图自杀)躺在火车轨道上, M just says it's for suicide, and so on. |
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- 臥軌 卧轨 [wo4 gui3] /lying on railway lines (to stop a train by threatening suicide)/ # + 臥軌 卧轨 [wo4 gui3] /to lay oneself on the railway tracks (either to commit suicide or as a form of protest)/ + 臥軌 卧轨 [wo4 gui3] /to lie across the railway tracks (to commit suicide or to prevent trains from getting through)/ |