Chinese is dainty about gift in atwain, because odd number is ill-boding.

中国人一般讲究礼品成双，因为奇数被视为不吉利。

A candidate for the party of Thaksin Shinawatra, an exiled icon of the red-shirt protest movement, was shot and wounded, boding ill for the campaign season ahead.

而他信(红衫军抗议活动的中流亡偶像)所属党的一名候选人遭枪击受伤，这对于即将到来的大选季是个不幸的预兆。

The results of the August primaries as well as recent polls have been boding ill for the FPV, which may be in for its worst-ever showing.

八月党内初选的结果以及最近的民调，对于FPV来说非常不利，可能也是历来最差的表现。