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能屈能伸
- 1 can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take
- 2 flexible
水能载舟,亦能覆舟 | 水能載舟,亦能覆舟
- 1 lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb)
- 2 fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it
- 3 if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm
- 4 things can be double-edged
能弱能强 | 能弱能強
- 1 to be either weak or strong both have their purpose (idiom)
领导能力 | 領導能力
- 1 leadership (ability)
耳熟能详 | 耳熟能詳
- 1 what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)
智能障碍 | 智能障礙
- 1 intellectual disability
- 2 cognitive disability
- 3 learning disability
- 4 mental retardation
精明能干 | 精明能幹
- 1 able and efficient
静坐不能 | 靜坐不能
- 1 akathisia (condition of restlessness, a side-effect of neuroleptic antipsychotic drug)
- 2 unable to sit still
- 3 hyperactivity
- 4 restlessness
爱莫能助 | 愛莫能助
- 1 unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you.
- 2 My hands are tied.
能上能下
- 1 ready to take any job, high or low
能写善算 | 能寫善算
- 1 to be literate and numerate (idiom)
活动能力 | 活動能力
- 1 mobility
- 2 motility
妒贤忌能 | 妒賢忌能
- 1 to envy the virtuous and talented (idiom)
贫贱不能移 | 貧賤不能移
- 1 not shaken by poverty
- 2 to preserve one's ambitions although destitute
能伸能屈
- 1 can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take
- 2 flexible
万能梗 | 萬能梗
- 1 Airedale terrier
地热能 | 地熱能
- 1 geothermal energy
聚光太阳能 | 聚光太陽能
- 1 concentrating solar power (CSP)
凭本能做事 | 憑本能做事
- 1 to follow one's nose
动能车 | 動能車
- 1 car with a new type of propulsion system (hybrid, hydrogen-powered etc)