汉英词典
MEANING OF 明察秋毫
明察秋毫
lit. seeing clearly the downy feather of autumn (idiom, from Mencius); fig. sensitive to the finest detail / to distinguish right and wrong with acuity / omniscient
明察 See clearly / 秋毫 New hairs on birds and animals in autumn / The original description is that people have keen eyes and can see any small things clearly / Later, it is often described that people have insight into affairs
谓目光敏锐，可以看清秋天鸟兽新生的毫毛。形容洞察一切。语出《孟子．梁惠王上》"明足以察秋毫之末"。
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据说爱情让人盲目，但友谊却让人明察秋毫。 It it said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant. | ||
然而，他的目光很快就变得犀利而明察秋毫了。 Very soon, however, his look became keen and penetrative. | ||
你真是明察秋毫，问题的原因这么快就找出来了。 It was very perspicacious of you to find the cause of the trouble so quickly. | ||
真正的直觉是来自你对不同事物的明察秋毫。 It's, it's really intuition and instinct because of all the different things you're sensing. | ||
在这样重要的比赛中你希望裁判都能明察秋毫。 At this level, in a game of this importance, you expect to be given a referee that can see that. | ||
第二天，又一个家伙不小心踩到了鸭子，明察秋毫的圣彼得又来了，这一次又带了个极丑的婆娘。 The next day, the second guy stepped accidentally on a duck and along came St. Peter, who didn't miss a thing, and with him was another extremely ugly woman. | ||
