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着着失败 | 著著失敗
- 1 to fail at every step of the way (idiom)
犯不着 | 犯不著
- 1 not worthwhile
前不着村,后不着店 | 前不著村,後不著店
- 1 lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere
- 3 to be in a predicament
黏着力 | 黏著力
- 1 adhesion
- 2 adhesive force
背着手 | 背著手
- 1 with one's hands clasped behind one's back
犯得着 | 犯得著
- 1 worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile)
- 2 also written 犯得上
用得着 | 用得著
- 1 to be able to use
- 2 useable
- 3 to have a use for sth
- 4 (in interrogative sentence) to be necessary to
棋高一着 | 棋高一著
- 1 to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom)
- 2 to outsmart one's opponent
着手成春 | 著手成春
- 1 lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom); to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation)
- 2 to bring back the dead
- 3 once it starts, everything goes well
吃着碗里,瞧着锅里 | 吃著碗裡,瞧著鍋裡
- 1 吃著碗裡,看著鍋裡|吃着碗里,看着锅里[chī zhe wǎn lǐ
- 2 kàn zhe guō lǐ]
摸不着 | 摸不著
- 1 can't touch
- 2 can't reach
- 3 (fig.) unable to get a grasp of
等着瞧 | 等著瞧
- 1 wait and see (who is right)
看着不管 | 看著不管
- 1 to stand by and pay no heed
- 2 to ignore
找不着北 | 找不著北
- 1 to be confused and disoriented
歪打正着 | 歪打正著
- 1 to succeed by a lucky stroke
明摆着 | 明擺著
- 1 evident
- 2 clear
- 3 undoubted
着三不着两 | 著三不著兩
- 1 scatter-brained
- 2 thoughtless
别着急 | 別著急
- 1 Don't worry!
瞧着办 | 瞧著辦
- 1 to do as one sees fit
- 2 It's up to you.
- 3 Let's wait and see and then decide what to do.
穿着讲究 | 穿著講究
- 1 smart clothes
- 2 particular about one's dress