(n)United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858), Syn.Matthew Calbraith Perry
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prop. n. Saint Matthew, a disciple of Jesus; author of the first Gospel. Syn. -- Saint Matthew, St. Matthew, Saint Matthew the Apostle, Levi. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
[阿兰 / 阿蘭, Ā lán, ㄚ ㄌㄢˊ]Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name); A-lan (Chinese female name); Ram, begotten of Hezron 赫茲龍|赫兹龙 and begetter of Amminadab 阿米納達布|阿米纳达布 in biblical Book of Ruth 路得記|路得记, 4:19 and Matthew 1:4#38563[Add to Longdo]
[为富不仁 / 為富不仁, wéi fù bù rén, ㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ]the benevolent man cannot be rich (成语, saw from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).#64403[Add to Longdo]
[旧瓶装新酒 / 舊瓶裝新酒, jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ, ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄤ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˇ]lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework; (loan saw 外來成語|外来成语 from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)#121272[Add to Longdo]
[为仁不富 / 為仁不富, wéi rén bù fù, ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ]the rich man cannot be benevolent (成语, saw from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).#517242[Add to Longdo]
[以利亚敬 / 以利亞敬, Yǐ lì yà jìng, ㄧˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ]Eliakim (name, Hebrew: God will raise up); Eliakim, servant of the Lord in Isaiah 22:20; Eliakim, son of Abiud and father of Azor in Matthew 1:13[Add to Longdo]
[为富不仁,为仁不富 / 為富不仁,為仁不富, wéi fù bù rén, wéi rén bù fù, ㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ]the benevolent man cannot be rich and vice versa (成语 saw, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).[Add to Longdo]
[血田, xuè tián, ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ]field of blood; battlefield; hateful place; Aceldama (field bought by Judas Iscariot with his 30 pieces of silver in Matthew 27:7)[Add to Longdo]