钻木取火 meaning in English
drill wood to make fire; bore wood to get fire
Examples
- Activities might include learning to make fire like the earliest people or talking a simulated flight into outer space
这种互动式活动包括学习远古时代人类的钻木取火或模仿太空人飞入太空宇宙。 - To explain the meaning of immediate enlightenment , i used the example of how our ancestors obtained fire by drilling wood : if a hundred twirls are needed to produce an ember , then the quan yin method represents the last of the hundred twirls , that is , the burning point of immediate enlightenment
我用古人钻木取火为例，为她说明即刻开悟的道理：如果要钻木一百下才能点燃火苗的话，那么能相信并渴望修行观音法门的人，就是生生世世已经钻了九十九下，现在钻到最后一下了，所以才能得到即刻开悟的法门。