(classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in / at / from / because / than / (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
to suggest (rather than depict in detail) / freehand style of Chinese painting, characterized by bold strokes rather than accurate details
名堂
míng tang
item (in a program of entertainments) / trick (act of mischief) / worthwhile result / accomplishment / sth significant but not immediately apparent / sth more than meets the eye
莅临
lì lín
to arrive (esp. of notable person) / to visit (more formal than 光臨|光临[guang1 lin2])
lit. to hang upside down / fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods) / to borrow more than one can ever repay
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
(of a stock price or market index) currently higher than at the previous day's close
矫饰
jiǎo shì
to put on airs / to pretend sth is better than it is / affectation
世伯
shì bó
uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father) / old friend
打肿脸充胖子
dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zi
lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom) / to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities
人浮于事
rén fú yú shì
more hands than needed (idiom) / too many cooks spoil the broth
不过尔尔
bù guò ěr ěr
not more than so-so (idiom) / mediocre / nothing out of the ordinary
帮倒忙
bāng dào máng
to be more of a hindrance than a help
百闻不如一见
bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom) / seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing
虚岁
xū suì
one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) &ndash / In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]
长物
cháng wù
(literary) things other than the bare necessities of life / item of some value / Taiwan pr. [zhang4 wu4]
悬河
xuán hé
"hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain) / (literary) waterfall / cataract / (fig.) torrent of words
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