to suffer losses; to lose (some of one's reputation, one's fleet, one's staff etc)
1. massage2. snapped-off branch3. sprig4. to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)+1 条 to not deserve (one's good fortune etc)
1. broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments)2. polygonal line3. dog leg
1. loss of goods2. damage to goods3. shrinkage
1. to fold the corner of a page2. to dog-ear
1. reflex (angle)2. to turn back
1. folding notebook2. accounts book
to fold paper (to make origami articles); origami
1. reflex (angle)2. to turn back
to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub)
(horizontal-starting right angle character stroke)
1. crease2. fold3. ripple4. lap+1 条 (lit.) break one's arm three times (to become a good doctor); (fig.) extensive experience (esp. gained through repeated hardship)
1. to inflect (in grammar)2. to decline3. to conjugate
opera highlights performed as independent pieces
1. to do a somersault2. to turn head over heels
1. to spend (much) effort2. to go through (a lot of) trouble
1. lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom)2. fig. greatly reduced3. substantially scaled back
1. lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom)2. fig. reminder of a fierce battle; remnants of a disastrous defeat
to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
1. lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table2. fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions
(idiom) (of a road etc) to wind circuitously
1. premature death of a budding talent2. those whom the Gods love die young
1. lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon)2. fig. to succeed in the imperial examination
Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom)
1. meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere2. going around in circles
为五斗米折腰 為五斗米折腰 wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo 1. (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潜[táo qián], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate)2. (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
赔了夫人又折兵 賠了夫人又折兵 péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng 1. lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)2. fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
see 将功赎罪[jiāng gōng shú zuì]
against the bristles (brush movement in painting)