dead wood

Who shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burning.

枯木遭焚,谁会去收集滚滚黑烟?

If you prune the dead wood away, the tree has a better chance of growth.

如果你把枯枝剪去, 这棵树就会长得更好.

There is too much dead wood among the teaching staff.

教师中尸位素餐者众.

He chopped away some of the dead-wood.

他把一些枯木砍倒.

The management decided to economise by cutting the dead wood from the workforce, thus reducing the wages bill.

资方决定节省开支,裁减劳动力中的冗员, 这样可以减少工资支出.

It is just a shame that the dead wood included you.

遗憾的是,朽木里面就包括你.

But much of it is dead wood.

但官僚机构的多数是无用的冗员.

You have to cut away some of the dead wood.

你得把枯枝砍掉一些.

Cut the dead wood away from the trees.

剪掉树上的枯枝.

Some measures need to be taken dead wood and streamline production.

应采取“措施”裁汰冗员,以提高生产效率.

We cut away all the dead wood from the tree.

我们把树上的枯枝全都砍去.

Zhu Dan good at painting the dead wood, especially water-and-ink landscape work.

其绘画擅长枯木竹石, 尤工水墨山水.

Dead wood should be cut out, allowing adjacent healthy growth to fill the gap.

枯木应当锯掉, 以便让附近健康的树枝填补这些空缺.

The new manager wants to cut out the dead wood and streamline production.

新经理想精简机构以提高生产效率.

Making dead wood more blest than living lips.

使枯木比活嘴唇更值得艳羡.