瓜达卡纳尔战役 (瓜達卡納爾戰役)
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Pinyin
Definition
瓜达卡纳尔战役 (瓜達卡納爾戰役)
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- battle of Guadalcanal of late 1942, the turning point of the war in the Pacific
Character Decomposition
Idioms (9)
强扭的瓜不甜
- 1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
- 2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
- 1 to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
滚瓜烂熟
- 1 lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
- 2 to know sth inside out
- 3 to know sth by heart
王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸
- 1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
- 2 all one's geese are swans
瓜熟蒂落
- 1 when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time