Powered by CC-CEDICT
Trad. 材質
- texture of timber
- quality of material
- material (that sth is made of)
Trad. 邊材
- sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)
Trad. 鋼材
- steel (as raw material)
- steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc
- to make sth of oneself
- to become a person who is worthy of respect
- (of a tree) to grow to full size
- to become useful for timber
- wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself); (fig.) (of a facial expression) grim; unsmiling
- coffin bread, a Taiwanese snack consisting of a thick slab of bread, fried or toasted, then hollowed out, filled with a thick stew, and capped with a "coffin lid" (slice of fried bread)
- (idiom) to teach in accordance with the student's aptitude; to tailor instruction to the individual student
Trad. 參考材料
- reference material
- source documents
Trad. 視聽材料
- evidence of material seen and heard
- oral testimony
- negative example
- sth that teaches one what not to do
- Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
- to draw on local resources
- using materials at hand
- (idiom) to use a talented person in a role far beneath their ability; a waste of talent
- geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)
Trad. 人盡其材
- employ one's talent to the fullest
- everyone gives of their best
- also written 人盡其才|人尽其才
Trad. 可裂變材料
- fissionable material
Trad. 不見棺材不落淚
- lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)
- fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality