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makeshift [makeshifts] (temporary substitution) noun [UK: ˈmeɪk.ʃɪft] [US: ˈmeɪk.ʃɪft] | 權宜之計noun |
makeup [makeups] (cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance) noun [UK: ˈmeɪk.ʌp] [US: ˈmeɪk.ʌp] | 化妆 /huàzhuāng/noun 化妝noun |
a good beginning makes a good ending (good beginnings promise a good end) phrase | 一个良好的开端是成功的一半 /yī gè liánghǎo de kāiduān shì chénggōng de yībàn/phrase 一個良好的開端是成功的一半phrase |
absence makes the heart grow fonder (When someone or something is far away, one realizes how much one loves or misses them or it) phrase | 小別勝新婚phrase 小别胜新婚 /xiǎobié shèng xīnhūn/phrase 相見不如懷念phrase |
arrowmaker (person who makes arrows) noun | 矢人 /shǐrén/noun 箭匠 /jiànjiàng/noun |
bookmaker [bookmakers] (a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie) noun [UK: ˈbʊk.meɪkə(r)] [US: ˈbʊk.meɪkər] | 賭博業者noun 賭注登記人noun 赌博业者 /dǔbóyèzhě/noun |
bow maker (one who manufactures bows for musical instruments) noun | 制弓师 /zhìgōngshī/noun 製弓師noun |
bread maker (household appliance which makes bread) noun | 面包机 /miànbāojī/noun 麵包機noun |
cabinetmaker [cabinetmakers] (skilled woodworker) noun [UK: ˈkæ.bɪ.nət.meɪkə(r)] [US: ˈkæ.bɪ.nət.meɪkər] | 家具师 /jiājushī/noun 家具師noun 細工木匠noun 細木工noun 细木工 /xìmùgōng/noun |
clockmaker (person who makes clocks) noun | 鐘錶匠noun |
clothes don't make the man phrase [UK: kləʊðz dəʊnt ˈmeɪk ðə mæn] [US: kloʊðz ˈdoʊnt ˈmeɪk ðə ˈmæn] | 人不可貌相phrase |
coffeemaker [coffeemakers] (kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee) noun [UK: ˈkɒ.fi.ˌmekə(r)] [US: ˈkɒ.fi.ˌmekər] | 咖啡机 /kāfēijī/noun 咖啡機noun |
dressmaker [dressmakers] (person who makes women's clothes) noun [UK: ˈdre.smeɪkə(r)] [US: ˈdre.ˌsmekər] | 女装裁缝师 /nǚzhuāng cáiféngshī/noun 女裝裁縫師noun |
early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise (Benjamin Franklin quote) phrase | fùyù hé cōngyǐng/phrase shǐrén jiànkāngphrase 早睡早起,使人健康、富裕和聪颖 /zǎoshuìzǎoqǐphrase 早睡早起,使人健康、富裕和聰穎phrase |
empty vessels make the most sound (proverb) phrase | bàn píng shuǐ huàng dàng/phrase 满瓶水不响,半瓶水晃荡phrase |