不积跬步，无以至千里；不积小流，无以成江海。
《荀子 | 劝学篇》
Without accumulating small steps, one cannot reach a thousand miles; without small streams accumulated, rivers and sea cannot be formed.
| auspice [N-COUNT] | An auspice is a sign or omen, esp one that is favourable 吉兆 | Ancient people had two opposite views on the clarity of the Yellow River: symbolism of auspice or malignancy. 古人对黄河清有“祥瑞之兆”和“不祥之征”两种观点。 |
| dissuade [V-T] | If you dissuade someone from doing or believing something, you persuade them not to do or believe it. 劝阻、劝止 | She steadfastly maintained that her grandsons were innocent, and nothing could dissuade her from that belief. 她始终坚持她的孙子们是无辜的，没有什么能改变她的这一信念。 |
| defiance [N-UNCOUNT] | Defiance is behaviour or an attitude which shows that you are not willing to obey someone. 违抗、反抗、抗争 | Angry protestors with clenched fists shouted their defiance. 愤怒的抗议者们紧握拳头高声抗议。 |
| proliferate [V-I] | If things proliferate, they increase in number very quickly. 激增、增生 | An excess of certain proteins can cause cells to proliferate abnormally and become cancerous; a lack of the protein insulin results in diabetes. 某些蛋白质的过量会导致细胞异常增殖并癌变；胰岛素蛋白质的缺乏会导致糖尿病。 |
| perplexing [ADJ] | If you find something perplexing, you do not understand it or do not know how to deal with it. 令人费解的、令人困惑的 | It took years to understand many perplexing diseases. 许多疑难病症要耗时多年才能搞明白。 |
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