delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite
1.(lit.) the strength to truss a chicken (idiom)2.(fig.) slight physical strength
old age (in one's 80s, 90s, or more)
1.(lit.) the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韩信[hán xìn] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom)2.(fig.) (endure) utter humiliation
1.lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse2.out of control
1.(lit.) the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom)2.(fig.) a very slight effort
1.the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom)2.parental love
lit. a room with irises and orchids (idiom); fig. in wealthy and pleasant company
a match for ten thousand enemies
1.way of life2.attitude3.modus operandi
(idiom) mortal danger; fatal disaster
(idiom) the courage born of stirred emotions
1.(of a writing etc) to have no substance (idiom)2.to carry no weight
(idiom) to speak with conviction
1.a devastating criticism2.to expose hidden motives
1.hyperbole2.exaggeration
to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom)
1.Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黄州区[huáng zhōu qū] of Huanggang city 黄冈[huáng gāng], a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操[cáo cāo] at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu2.famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义[sān guó yǎn yì]
to take advantage of sb's difficulties (idiom)
(idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
1.speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths2.home truths (that one does not want to hear)
stepping-stone to greater power or higher rank
(idiom) vast multitude of people
1.false assertion2.speech against one's own convictions
1.follower of wine and women2.dissolute person
intimate friendship (idiom)
(idiom) a world of difference
Quake (video game series)
(idiom) the finest place in the nation (often used in reference to the capital city)
lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom); fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism
1.the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom)2.sexual intercourse
1.(lit.) land of fish and rice2.(fig.) fertile region3.land of milk and honey
the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
1.the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch2.the crucial point that brings the subject to life3.a few words to clinch the point
1.competition between three rivals2.tripartite confrontation
1.drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 庄子[zhuāng zǐ] grieving for his lost wife)2.fig. grief for a lost wife
1.lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom)2.fig. (ironically) the joy of having several partners3.the life of a pasha
1.one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short2.in a nutshell