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- to bask in the light
- fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth
- reflected glory
- to moisten one's lips
- to sip (wine, tea etc)
- esp. used with negatives: never touch a drop of the stuff
Trad. 沾邊
- to have a connection with
- to be close (to reality)
- to be relevant
- to have one's hand in
Trad. 煙酒不沾
- abstaining from liquor and tobacco
- to be corrupted by the ways of the world (idiom)
- to fondle the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
- to womanize
- to frequent brothels
- to sow one's wild oats
Trad. 沾親帶故
- (idiom) to have some sort of connection (personal or familial etc)
Trad. 腳不沾地
- feet not touching the ground (idiom)
- to run like the wind
- radioactive contaminant
Trad. 十指不沾陽春水
- to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)
- to lead a pampered life
Trad. 兩手不沾陽春水
- see 十指不沾陽春水|十指不沾阳春水[shi2 zhi3 bu4 zhan1 yang2 chun1 shui3]