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 WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 主要翻译 |  | moral of the story nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.  |  literal (ethical lesson in a fable or story) (本义) | 故事的寓意  gù shì de yù yì |  |   | In the tale of the tortoise and the hare, the slow tortoise wins the race - the moral of the story is that steady persistence wins in the end. |  | moral of the story nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.  |  figurative (lesson to be learned from [sth]) (比喻) | 经验教训  jīng yàn jiāo xùn |  |   | The engine blew up after a week so the moral of the story is not to buy a really cheap second-hand car. |  
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