英寸 | yīng cùn | inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.) | |
方寸 | fāng cùn | square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm); heart; mind | |
寸步难行 | cùn bù nán xíng | unable to move a single step (idiom); to be in an (extremely) difficult situation | |
寸草不生 | cùn cǎo bù shēng | lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom); fig. barren | |
得寸进尺 | dé cùn jìn chǐ | lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains; give him an inch, and he'll want a mile |
1 | But, till then--if you don't believe me, you don't know me--till then, I would have died by inches before I touched a single hair of his head!' | |
2 | Every morning I lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door. The blind was pulled down to within an inch of the sash so that I could not be seen. | |
3 | Don't you think that her jacket wants an inch or so of the proper length? | |
4 | He just knows to the second and the inch, and he don't need to think about it at all. | |
5 | 今年早些的时候,在拉斯维加斯举办地CES(消费电子产品展)上,华硕首次展示了一款新奇的概念上网本,整个电脑通过5寸显示屏嵌入到键盘上。 Earlier this year, during CES in Las Vegas, Asus first unveiled a novel netbook concept of sorts that saw an entire computer stuffed inside a keyboard with a 5 inch display built-in. |