debt nurtures more debt (idiom)
1. Eliakim (name, Hebrew: God will raise up)2. Eliakim, servant of the Lord in Isaiah 22:203. Eliakim, son of Abiud and father of Azor in Matthew 1:13
Epistle of St Paul to the Ephesians
1. under one's own name2. named after oneself
to abuse power to crush the law
to demonstrate one's sincerity by dying
to serve as a warning (idiom)
use Chinese collaborators to subdue the Chinese (imperialist policy)
"drugs serving to nourish doctors", perceived problem in PRC medical practice
(idiom) to use the abstract to guide the concrete
in support or witness hereof (idiom)
forced labor to repay a debt
a long-cherished ambition is realized
how can this be endured! (idiom)
1. to report according to the facts2. to tell the truth3. to tell it like it is
deceived by a pretense of reason (idiom)
1. to return only a blank stare2. to stare back
to use it for the purpose of relieving the tedium to some extent
to treat a debility according to its nature
1. hard to deal with2. hard to handle
1. unsusceptible to change2. deeply entrenched
1. hard to understand2. incomprehensible
1. cannot control oneself (idiom)2. to be beside oneself
not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
1. to name sth after a person2. named after3. eponymous
regarding oneself as number one in terms of leadership, seniority or status
for as long as one can remember
交换以太网络 交換以太網絡 jiāo huàn yǐ tài wǎng luò switched Ethernet
以失败而告终 以失敗而告終 yǐ shī bài ér gào zhōng 1. to succeed through failure2. to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
快速以太网络 快速以太網絡 kuài sù yǐ tài wǎng luò Fast Ethernet
夏虫不可以语冰 夏蟲不可以語冰 xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
师夷长技以制夷 師夷長技以制夷 shī yí cháng jì yǐ zhì yí "learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源[wèi yuán]
挟天子以令天下 挾天子以令天下 xié tiān zǐ yǐ lìng tiān xià (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country
撒哈拉以南非洲 sā hā lā yǐ nán fēi zhōu sub-Saharan Africa
他山之石可以攻玉 tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù 1. lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside2. to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
一则以喜，一则以忧 一則以喜，一則以憂 yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu happy on the one hand, but worried on the other
不以物喜，不以己悲 bù yǐ wù xǐ , bù yǐ jǐ bēi not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself
以子之矛，攻子之盾 yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn 1. lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner2. fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices3. hoist with his own petard