每一个人都有美中
不足的地方 | měi yī gè rén dōu yǒu měi zhōng bù zú de dì fang | However excellent, everyone has his defects.; There is always a fly in the ointment.; cf idiom 美中不足, everything is fine except for one small defect |
毛泽东・不为人知
的故事 | Máo Zé dōng · bù wéi rén zhī de gù shi | Mao Zedong, the unknown story by Jung Chang 张戎 and Jon Halliday |
毛泽东・鲜为人知
的故事 | Máo Zé dōng · xiān wéi rén zhī de gù shi | Mao Zedong, the unknown story by Jung Chang 张戎 and Jon Halliday |
| 漫无目的 | màn wú mù dì | to flounder; aimless; hit-and-miss |
| 为的是 | wèi de shì | for the sake of; for the purpose of |
| 无的放矢 | wú dì fàng shǐ | to shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking; firing blindly; to shoot in the air; a shot in the dark |
| 无菌的 | wú jūn de | sterile; without germs |
| 爆炸的无效弹 | bào zhà de wú xiào dàn | flare dud |
| 狗娘养的 | gǒu niáng yǎng de | son-of-a-bitch (vulgar) |
| 狗日的粮食 | gǒu rì de liáng shi | The damned grain, novel by Liu Heng 刘恒 |
| 狗玩儿的 | gǒu wánr de | beast (derogatory) |
| 玩猫和老鼠的游戏 | wán māo hé lǎo shǔ de yóu xì | to play a cat and mouse game |
玫瑰不管叫啥名，
闻起来总是香的 | méi guī bù guǎn jiào shá míng ,
wén qǐ lai zǒng shì xiāng de | A rose by any other name would smell as sweet |
| 生命的遗迹 | shēng mìng de yí jì | trace of life; vestige of life |
| 用户到网络的接口 | yòng hù dào wǎng luò de jiē kǒu | User-Network Interface; UNI |
| 男的 | nán de | male |
| 当时的 | dāng shí de | of that time; former |
| 发展的国家 | fā zhǎn de guó jiā | developing country; developing nation |
| 的哥 | dí gē | (young male) taxi driver; cabbie (slang) |
| 的士 | dí shì | taxi (loanword, originally Hong Kong usage); also called 出租车 or 出租汽车 |
| 的士高 | dí shì gāo | disco; also written 迪斯科 |
| 的款 | dí kuǎn | reliable funds |
| 的黎波里 | Dì lí bō lǐ | Tripoli, capital of Libya; Tripoli, city in north Lebanon |
| 皇冠上的明珠 | huáng guān shàng de míng zhū | the brightest jewel in the crown |
| 皇帝的新衣 | Huáng dì de xīn yī | the Emperor's new clothes (i.e. naked) |
| 皮下的 | pí xià de | subcutaneous |
| 相加性的 | xiāng jiā xìng de | additive |
| 众矢之的 | zhòng shǐ zhī dì | lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism; attacked on all sides |
| 破的 | pò dì | to hit the target; fig. to touch the main point in speaking |
| 神的儿子 | Shén de Ér zi | the Son of God |
| 禁受时间的考验 | jīn shòu shí jiān de kǎo yàn | to stand the test of time (idiom) |
| 科学的交流 | kē xué de jiāo liú | scientific exchange |
| 端的 | duān dì | really; after all; details; particulars |
| 粗俗的阶级 | cū sú de jiē jí | vulgar class |
| 绝望的境地 | jué wàng de jìng dì | desperate straits; impossible situation |
| 缵不可能的事 | zuǎn bù kě néng de shì | pigs might fly (idiom) |
| 美的 | Měi dí | Midea (brand) |
| 声调的调值 | shēng diào de diào zhí | pitch of tones |
临时的本地管理接
口 | lín shí de běn dì guǎn lǐ jiē kǒu | Interim Local Management Interface; ILMI |
| 自上而下的加工 | zì shàng ér xià de jiā gōng | top-down processing |
| 自下而上的加工 | zì xià ér shàng de jiā gōng | bottom-up processing |
| 自我的人 | zì wǒ de rén | (my, your) own person; (to assert) one's own personality |
| 自由漂移的状态 | zì yóu piāo yí de zhuàng tài | free-floating state |
旧的不去，
新的不来 | jiù de bù qù ,
xīn de bù lái | lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.; You can't make progress by clinging to old notions. |
| 荷属安的列斯 | Hé shǔ Ān de liè sī | Netherlands Antilles |
| 蒙得维的亚 | Méng dé wéi dì yà | Montevideo, capital of Uruguay |
| 姜还是老的辣 | jiāng hái shì lǎo de là | lit. old ginger is hotter than young ginger; experience counts (idiom) |
| 表面的 | biǎo miàn de | superficial; just for show |
| 亵渎的话 | xiè dú de huà | blasphemy |
| 亲爱的 | qīn ài de | dear |
