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Trad. 垂範
- (literary) to set a shining example (for one's subordinates or future generations)
- hair hanging down (child's hairstyle)
- (fig.) young child; early childhood
Trad. 饞涎欲垂
- see 饞涎欲滴|馋涎欲滴[chan2 xian2 yu4 di1]
- lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
Trad. 肉垂麥雞
- (bird species of China) red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
Trad. 腦下垂體
- pituitary glands (at the base of the skull)
- lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth
Trad. 功敗垂成
- to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure
- to fall at the last hurdle
- snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
Trad. 垂死掙扎
- deathbed struggle
- final struggle (idiom)
- to drool (over) (idiom)
- to yearn for
- to covet
- to crave
- to drool with desire (idiom); to envy
- to hunger for
Trad. 垂簾聽政
- lit. to govern from behind the curtain
- to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
Trad. 垂頭喪氣
- hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected
- crestfallen
- lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
- mother-to-infant transmission
Trad. 垂直起落飛機
- vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
- lit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom); fig. a rich man does not expose himself to danger
Trad. 垂直和短距起落飛機
- vertical or short takeoff and landing aircraft