Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River
1.to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)2.to fail to grasp the big picture
to give no consideration to the bigger picture (usually implying selfishness)
North University of China (Shanxi)
Chung Yuan Christian University, in Taiwan
1.Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou)2.Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung)3.Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists
I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
1.the implications are profound2.the ramifications are huge3.(of a decision etc) consequential
1.burly2.strapping3.big and strong
1.to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck2.to truss up
National People's Congress (NPC) (abbr. for 全国人民代表大会[quán guó rén mín dài biǎo dà huì])
plenipotentiary ambassador
the eight major cuisines of China, namely 川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽[chuān lǔ yuè sū zhè mǐn xiāng huī]
1.palanquin with eight carriers2.(fig.) lavish treatment
to discuss matters of vital importance
(idiom) to face opprobrium
correspondence university
to have a future full of promise
having matchless strength
1.extraordinary strength2.super strong3.strong as an ox
no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
1.to try harder2.to redouble one's efforts
University of California (abbr. for 加利福尼亚大学[jiā lì fú ní yà dà xué])
teenage; in one's teens; adolescent
Nankai University (Tianjin)
1.lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)2.fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
famous mountains and great rivers
the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 红楼梦[hóng lóu mèng], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三国演义[sān guó yǎn yì], Water Margin 水浒传[shuǐ hǔ zhuàn], Journey to the West 西游记[xī yóu jì]
the Four Great Inventions (papermaking, printing, the compass, and gunpowder, traditionally regarded as the four major inventions of ancient China)
1.lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)2.this world is an illusion
the four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施[xī shī], Wang Zhaojun 王昭君[wáng zhāo jūn], Diaochan 貂蝉[diāo chán] and Yang Yuhuan 杨玉环[yáng yù huán]
vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
1.not at all the same2.substantially different
Tabriz city in northwest Iran, capital of Iranian East Azerbaijan
university and high school students
to ruin one's constitution