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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2019-06-21 11:08:03 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 64121 - submitted by 'sl89' >> ☞ 前半生 【Wenlin】 n. first half of one's life 【Pleco】 NOUN first half of one's life ☞ 后半生 【Wenlin】 n. second half of one's life 【Pleco】 NOUN latter half of one's life 他的后半生是在牛津度过的。 He spent the latter half of his life in Oxford. 我们的前半生为父母所糟蹋，而后半生又复为儿女所糟蹋。 The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. 他生在俄亥俄，只是在后半生才获得波士顿社会的承认。 He had been born in Ohio and it was only later in life that he won admission into Boston society 一个明智的后半生，是用于矫正在前半生所习染的愚蠢、偏见及谬误的见解。——斯威夫特 The later part of a wise man's life is taken up in curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions he had contracted in the former. --Jonathan Swift 人生在后半生完全是由前卷土重来养成的习惯组成的。——陀思妥也夫斯基 The second half of a men's life is made up of nothing but the habits acquired during the first half. -- Feodor Dostoevski |
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+ 前半生 前半生 [qian2 ban4 sheng1] /first half of one's life/ + 後半生 后半生 [hou4 ban4 sheng1] /latter half of one's life/ |