Results for “起”

to put together

lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity

to pick up

solve one problem only to find another cropping up

to form a long line (i.e. of people waiting)

to hang up (a picture etc) / to hoist up (a flag) / (computing) to suspend (a process) / (of a system) to hang / pending (operation)

to pick up

to prosecute sb

to raise one's spirits / to take courage

to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom) / hoisted by one's own petard

to raise / to lift up (curtains, clothing etc)

to be unable to pay / unaffordable

early to bed, early to rise / to keep early hours

see 此起彼伏[cǐ qǐ bǐ fú]

up here, down there (idiom) / to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)

to rise and fall in succession (idiom) / repeating continuously

seething discontent (idiom) / widespread popular grievances

(dialect) (of a person) useless / pathetic / spineless

to appear / to emerge / to surface

one climax follows another (of thrilling story)

to float / to emerge

to well up / to boil out / to bubble forth / to spurt

to originate

to have lips covered in blisters

the fire of war in all four directions (idiom) / the confusion of war

lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom) / the confusion of war

(saying) people don't get up early unless there is some benefit in doing so / won't lift a finger unless there's something in it for oneself

lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom) / there must be a reason / no smoke without fire

to appear on the scene / to arise suddenly

fire beacons on all sides (idiom) / enveloped in the flames of war

can't afford to play / (fig.) can't accept it when one loses

to emerge as a new force to be reckoned with (idiom)

to purse / to pucker (up)

to show respect for / to think highly of

short takeoff and landing aircraft

friction blister

bit sticking out / projection

to get up on hind legs (esp. of horse) / to stand / to spring up

to stand up

lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom) / fig. to complain despite being privileged / to be ungrateful for what one has been given