1. even now2. until now3. right up to the present
to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind
effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
不到长城非好汉 不到長城非好漢 bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
不到黄河心不死 不到黃河心不死 bù dào huáng hé xīn bù sǐ 1. lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)2. fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal3. to keep going while some hope is left
打破砂锅问到底 打破砂鍋問到底 dǎ pò shā guō wèn dào dǐ to go to the bottom of things (idiom)
see 白头偕老[bái tóu xié lǎo]
see 走马上任[zǒu mǎ shàng rèn]
1. at last2. finally3. in the end
collect on delivery (COD)
to arrive at (some place or time)
(of money) to arrive in an account
1. to dream of2. to dream about
1. to get hold of2. to obtain3. to secure4. to come by+1 条 to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)
to fulfill (one's duty etc)
1. to talk about2. to mention3. (preposition) as for
1. to embody into2. to apply to3. to take the shape of4. specific to+1 条 (do a manual task) until one's hands go limp with exhaustion
to be aware of; to realize
1. to feel2. to sense3. to detect4. to perceive+1 条 +2 条 (before an expression indicating a point of time) up to (that point); as of (that time)
1. cannot achieve2. cannot reach
1. under the circumstances2. the matter having come to that point
1. ubiquitous2. commonplace3. found everywhere
1. old-fashioned2. extremely kitsch
1. to die2. one's allocated lifespan is accomplished
1. to argue endlessly2. to try to have the last word
the time has not yet come
dispatch upon receipt of payment
Death is near at hand. (idiom)
to pay sb according to their productivity
household responsibility system, introduced in the early 1980s, under which each rural household could freely decide what to produce and how to sell, as long as it fulfilled its quota of products to the state
(slang) slow to arrive but eventually shows up