Results for “以”

to the east of (suffix)

to set an example (idiom) / to serve as a model

to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)

(idiom) to pass off the fake as genuine / to blur the line between fake and real so convincingly that the fake is mistaken for the real thing

to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire

to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law

hard to endure / unbearable

to express / to present / to extend / to tender (greetings, thanks etc)

thousands (of sth)

to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth

to sit and wait for death (idiom) / resigned to one's fate

(idiom) since birth / for one's whole life

to have one's wish fulfilled

to give / to impose / to apply

accustomed to / used to

night and day (idiom) / continuous strenuous effort

in order to / so as to

(literary) why / how

hundreds of

(idiom) to treat sth lightly / to lower one's guard

to rely on / to depend on

(math.) divided by

to regard it as an honor (idiom)

therefore / thus / so

tens of thousands / numerous

for a long time

not to accept as correct (idiom) / to object / to disapprove / to take exception to

(idiom) to get carried away / to lose one's sense of proportion

to snort disdainfully / to scoff at / to turn up one's nose

to control a key point is to be master of the situation (idiom)

to disrespect one's superiors / to offend one's elders

(idiom) to deal with varying circumstances by adhering to a basic principle

to name sth after a person / named after / eponymous

to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects) / to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case

people-oriented

(lit.) to take a part for the whole / to generalize

to be prepared for accidents

debt nurtures more debt (idiom)

(idiom) to warn against following bad examples / as a warning to others

to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhū Xī]) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game / to give sb a taste of his own medicine