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来历不明lái lì bù míngcome from nobody knows where;get a shady past; be of dubious backgroud(/questionable antecedents/unknown origin)
❍ 可是，一个～的织工，用一瓶茶黄色的药水就立奏奇效，其中必有秘术是显而易见了。But when a weaver,who came from nobody knew where,worked wonders with a bottle of brown waters,the occult character of the process was evident.
❍ 实对你老人家说： “你女婿因前儿多喝了点子酒，和人分争起来，不知怎么叫人放了把邪火，说他～，告到衙门里，要递解还乡。(《红楼梦》86) The fact is,your son-in-law had a cup too much the other day and a row started. Someone,I don’t know why,has spread ugly rumours and says he’s got a shady past. A charge has been lodged against him at the yamen to have him sent back to his native place. 来历不明lái lì bù mínɡ指人和事物的由来与经过都不清楚。of an unknown origin or source, of dubious background, obscure origin, of an obscure origin |