Angol | Kínai |
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like talking to a wall (unsuccessful communication) preposition | 對牛彈琴preposition |
off-the-wall (wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd) adjective | 荒诞的, 疯狂的adjective |
one swallow does not a summer make (one instance of an event does not necessarily indicate a trend) phrase [UK: wʌn ˈswɒ.ləʊ dʌz nɒt ə ˈsʌ.mə(r) ˈmeɪk] [US: wʌn ˈswɑːlo.ʊ ˈdəz ˈnɑːt ə ˈsʌ.mər ˈmeɪk] | 一燕不成夏 /yīyànbùchéngxià/phrase 孤燕不成夏 /gūyànbùchéngxià/phrase 獨燕不成夏 /dúyānbùchéngxià/phrase |
paywall (a feature of a website that only allows access to paying subscribers) noun | 付費牆noun 付费墙 /fùfèiqiáng/noun |
pill to swallow (something to accept) noun | 苦果 /kǔguǒ/noun |
retaining wall (structure) noun [UK: rɪ.ˈteɪ.nɪŋ.ˈwɔːl] [US: rɪ.ˈteɪ.nɪŋ.ˈwɔːl] | 护土墙 /hùtǔqiáng/noun 護土牆noun |
seawall (coastal defence) noun [UK: ˈsiː.ˈwɔːl] [US: ˈsiː.ˈwɔːl] | 海堤 /hǎidī/noun |
stone wall (wall made from stone) noun | 石墙 /shíqiáng/noun 石牆noun |
swallow [swallows] (bird) noun [UK: ˈswɒ.ləʊ] [US: ˈswɑːlo.ʊ] | 燕子 /yànzi/noun |
swallow [swallowed, swallowing, swallows] (to believe or accept) verb [UK: ˈswɒ.ləʊ] [US: ˈswɑːlo.ʊ] | 相信verb |
swallow [swallowed, swallowing, swallows] (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach) verb [UK: ˈswɒ.ləʊ] [US: ˈswɑːlo.ʊ] | 吞 /tūn/verb 吞嚥 /tūnyàn/verb 咽 /yàn/verb |
swallow [swallowed, swallowing, swallows] (to put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation) verb [UK: ˈswɒ.ləʊ] [US: ˈswɑːlo.ʊ] | 容忍verb |
town walls (wall surrounding a town) noun | 鎮牆noun 镇墙 /zhènqiáng/noun |
Western Wall (ancient wall in Jerusalem, remnant of the Jewish Second Temple) proper noun | 哭墙 /Kūqiáng/proper noun 哭牆proper noun 西墙 /Xīqiáng/proper noun 西牆proper noun |
writing on the wall (ominous warning) noun [UK: ˈraɪt.ɪŋ ɒn ðə wɔːl] [US: ˈraɪt.ɪŋ ɑːn ðə ˈwɒl] | 厄运的征兆noun |