◎ 素材 sùcái[source material of literature and art] 实际生活中未经总结提炼的形象,文学、艺术的原始材料为完整性的传记找到丰富的素材-----------------国语辞典:文学或艺术作品里所用的材料。为法语 Motif的义译。也作「材料」。英语 source material (in literature and art)德语 Werkstoff (S)法语 matériaux
◎ 素不相识 sùbùxiāngshí[did not know sb. before;be never acquainted with each other] 向来不认识他们俩素不相识,一见面竟成了好朋友-----------------国语辞典:向来不认识、不熟悉。《三国志.卷五七.吴书.陆瑁传》:「及同郡徐原,爰居会稽,素不相识,临死遗书,托以孤弱。」《西游记.第四回》:「众天丁又与你素不相识,他怎肯放你擅入?」近素昧生平
不施脂粉而朝见皇帝。 -----------------国语辞典:唐代杨贵妃的妹妹虢国夫人常常不敷脂粉即朝见天子的故事。见宋《乐史.杨太真外传.卷上》。英语 lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom), fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup, to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
◎ 尸居龙见 shījū-lóngjiàn[hide like a dead body and appear like a dragon] 静如尸而动如龙-----------------国语辞典:静如死尸,动如游龙。语本《庄子.在宥》:「故君子苟能无解其五藏,无擢其聪明,尸居而龙见,渊默而雷声,神动而天随,从容无为,而万物炊累焉。」