纳撒尼尔·霍桑 (納撒尼爾·霍桑)
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Pinyin
Definition
纳撒尼尔·霍桑 (納撒尼爾·霍桑)
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- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) American novelist and short story writer
Character Decomposition
Idioms (11)
不见兔子不撒鹰
- 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
- 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
失之东隅,收之桑榆
- 1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
- 2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
- 3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
指桑骂槐
- 1 lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree
- 2 fig. to scold sb indirectly
- 3 to make oblique accusations (idiom)
撒手不管
- 1 to stand aside and do nothing (idiom)
- 2 to take no part in
撒手人寰
- 1 to leave one's mortal frame (idiom)
- 2 to die